Now that I’m almost halfway thru my gig on this planet in this lifetime, I understand a lot more about people. I feel my age is about 35-40 so am amused when some youngblood relates to me as a senior. But I get it. I’m 63. If I don’t know someone, I can look at them and make assumptions about their age and their lifestyle. If I know them and we’ve had fun smiling times, I remember them as more youthful since we’ve actively interacted in playful pursuits. If I’ve known them many years, I see that younger person in them no matter what they look like now. I grew up in a playful family, so when I meet other playful adults, that triggers my inner kid. Connecting with that energy definitely keeps me feeling young. Paying attention to how I treat my body determines how young I look.

It has to be hard to be my friend. I never firmly commit to anything ahead of time. I am up at dawn wanting to run out for an adventure. If I wait too long to get going, I lose motivation. Like now, I’m having to do bookkeeping and make up a bank deposit and I want to get out and run around delivering the magazine. The good news is, that gives the sidekick time to wake up so when I drive over at the last minute saying “wanna go?” he’s likely to be ready.

You know all those folks who tick you off? Since what you sent out is what you get back, you know not to wish ill will upon anyone, right? A galpal who frankly gets pissed off at almost everything wonders why her appliances are always breaking down, her phone, her car, constantly. She’s proof that when you complain, the Universe sends you more to complain about. Maybe she’s also proof that when you wish ill on others, an equivalent always comes back to you.

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Coffee protein smoothie for breakfast, now with gelatin! I’ve been reading up on gelatin and the benefits of collagen, so have been having a tablespoon a day of Knox gelatin in a smoothie or hot drink. I’ve been buying bone-in chicken thighs and now wonder if that’s my body’s way of saying *more collagen please* “Collagen is important for skin and bone health, bone and joint health, heal intestinal issues by restoring the normal mucosal layer in the gut.”  The story of gelatin actually starts with a protein called collagen. Collagen is the most important protein in connective tissue, skin, and bones; you actually have more collagen in your body than any other type of protein. Degradation or lack of collagen can cause problems from skin wrinkles to osteoporosis. Continue reading →

Well, I’m glad yesterday’s “I don’t wanna work” mood changed at dawn this morning into “let’s whip right thru this job” since the I’ve got a mega busy day ahead. If I go to bed not wanting to finish a job, I self talk myself to sleep with suggestions about how easy and quick I can make it so I can get on to more fun stuff. Without fail I’ll wake up excited to get into it. 

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A question for you: How do you prepare your family members for the idea of death so they aren’t afraid of it, and aren’t devastated and lost when it happens? Growing up as a child, I was always comforted when my mom would say we would see our loved ones again, they were just on the other side of a wall, kind of like when Abraham says it’s as though they are in another room and soon we will be in that room as well. That made it not such a scary thing for me, knowing the separation is only temporary.  Later in life, Mom likened it to the tadpole becoming the frog; to the caterpillar not dying, simply becoming a butterfly.  We both agreed we believed we survive in consciousness after the change called death.

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Rumi says: On the day I die, don’t say he’s gone. Death has nothing to do with going away.  The sun sets, and the moon sets but they’re not gone.  Death is a coming together.  The human seed goes down into the ground like a bucket, and comes up with some unimagined beauty. Your mouth closes here, and immediately opens with a shout of joy there.
Rumi says: A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I, with the garden’s beauty and the birds singing. The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar as we laugh together, you and I. In one form upon this earth, and in another form in a timeless sweet land.   Continue reading →

I’m reading the Notifications on Facebook to catch up and I keep letting myself be distracted by the new notifications. I got impatient I had to keep switching screens to read the new stuff, then go back to the older ones. Then I remembered I didn’t have to do it at all. It was a goal I set for myself that did not have to be accomplished. Sometimes I forget I’m the boss and sometimes I forget not everything is work.

I’ve been studying brain chemicals and just had a good example of endorphin flow. Endorphins are the chemicals that produce the euphoria that masks pain. I was listening to some ZZ Topp and kind of dancing around the office, purposely being careful of my knee — at first. Then Benny jumped on the desk and began watching me, so I began performing for him. I had such a good time, I didn’t think of my knee until afterward. I need to not do that again anytime soon. I was focused on my knee initially and avoiding my classic smooth moves, but when I focused on Ben watching me, I went all out and didn’t realize until 2 minutes later maybe I shouldn’t have done that….

Abraham on What Others See In You: If someone is arguing with you, or finding fault with you, and not liking what they see, say to them, and mean it lovingly and kindly, but mean it sincerely, “You’re seeing something in me, that must be active in you, and I think this is more about you, than it is about me”. So if someone is having a bad day, and they are angry at you, it’s about their bad day, much more than it is about you. It’s always about the beholder. Everything is about the beholder.