Crusade

  • What I could live with.

    In writing about Karma I stumbled upon the idea of reflective self image…and narcistic behavior.  I have heard the word before, but I had never truly looked at what it meant.  And, if you are trying to change your reflection… Continue reading

  • Reflect That.

    Karma - "The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny." While doing yoga today, it came to me that Karma isn't about what you do for… Continue reading

  • Go for Recess!

    "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."  Maya Angelou   I love to see the beginning and then in a short time the transformations….   It is fun creating with others, for we each… Continue reading

  • Who controls your actions?

    When I thought about the decision making event or Judgment, it came to me that a way to avoid making a decision is to excuse or reason the second option away…meaning if there is only one choice, there is no… Continue reading

  • Walk in Easily.

    In discoverying that Judgment is actually a decision making event and living with the affects it has your actions…I also see how it clearly shows…what two things you need to decide upon. If there were no choices, there would be… Continue reading

  • In Sound Judgment!

    I see two main sticking points between me and my estranged family…and I am certain, they will absolutely agree. One, I drew a line in the Cement and refuse to budge.  Second, that what I call the truth, they call… Continue reading

  • I had been weak.

    I love this analogy from yesterday's reading by Mark Nepo. The Art of Facing Things What people have forgotten is what every salmon knows. —ROBERT CLARK  Salmon have much to teach us about the art of facing things. In swimming… Continue reading

  • A parent to me.

    When my father's obituary was in our local paper, it was short, to the point of almost being meaningless…for it did not show the progression of his children's lives, who they married and their children.  It simply had our first… Continue reading

  • I Exploded in Feelings.

    "I was entirely alienated from both my inner and outer worlds. All my life, I have found it difficult to admit I am feeling anger, fear or bitterness. Ever anxious that certain feelings would make me an evil person or… Continue reading

  • Out Run the Truth

    From Mark Nepo's book, "The Awakening" – October 28th "I have stopped. You have not." —BUDDHA  "There is a story of how, just before he was hung, Angulimala, the murderer, became an Arahant, or worthy one, because of his encounter… Continue reading