I did 13,562 steps today, just over 6 miles. I can do 2 miles a day just walking around the office here, but it’s most fun to walk when the sun is just coming up and the air is chilly. I went out back to water the north fence line before sunset and picked up about 30 small sprouted potato vines. Dig them up before they sprout and multiply!

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Reminder to myself

Spend less time figuring out how get something that isn’t coming easily, and spend more time doing whatever it takes to find the better feeling thought. Discover fun things to do to make you release resistance. Have more fun doing things that I’d do if the money didn’t matter.

 

Notes on the gym

I like the 6:30am crowd at the gym, only a handful of people. At 8:30am, folks are social, it’s crowded and may have to wait for a machine. The longer I wait after waking up, the less I want to go because my mind is working on all the projects I’m waiting to jump into.  I’ve always done yoga every day but only began working out at the gym when I hit 55. Sometimes I really dig it and sometimes I just endure it. To keep me motivated ,I’d like a workout partner if I could find an early bird like me, but it’s cool doing it alone as well

thoughts on daily walking and the Camino de Santiago Andrea’s May 2015 Editorial

Ganesh with bass 5-15 cover Hello and welcome to the May 2015 edition of Horizons Magazine. Last month I read Sonia Choquette’s Walking Home, about her pilgrimage on the Santiago de Compostela Camino  which is a 600+ mile walk across northern Spain to the North Atlantic Ocean, In the book Choquette mentions the Martin Sheen/Emilio Estevez movie The Way. I watched it and was inspired to further learn about those who pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. In The Way., Martin Sheen plays Tom, who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage on the Camino to honor his son’s desire to finish the journey.   It was cool and synchronistic that I found the movie in time to get to see the routes she mentions. Later in the book when Sonia describes the church and the public mass at the end of the Camino, I know exactly the ceremony she’s talking about and get to relive it again.   Continue reading

The May 2015 Horizons is now online, here are the horoscopes

Ganesh with bass 5-15 coverThe May 2015 Horizons Magazine is now online at http://horizonsmagazine.com/5-15-Issue.pdf .  Here are the May 2015 Horoscopes by Barbara Lee:

Aries: May 20 to April 19 “I Am.”
Beware of unexpected emotional spending; retail therapy may not be the best fix at this time. You know where you have been and where you’re going. It is just the juicy filling in the middle that needs to be addressed, not the destination but the journey, it is up to you to fill in the blanks.   Continue reading

I’ve finally had a chance to read my Kindle Paperwhite

I’ve finally had a chance to read my Kindle Paperwhite. I like it, it’s easy on the eyes. It’s been a long while since I’ve read novels. I used to get lost in them when I was growing up, then reading became work. I do not care for Kindle telling me how much reading time is left in a chapter. II guess I’m a read-for-research person and not so much a read a novel for fun/relaxation person. There are always projects I’m waiting for time to do that involve having my body in motion. I do like to read about autobiographical spiritual journeys though. Later I thought, I see I’m too quick to judge. I should have been choosier in picking a novel to read. I should look for something I am interested in, so I just got a novel about a chick named Andi who is hiking the Appalachian Trail with her best bud.

I hit the gym at 6:30am and worked arms, shoulders, legs and core. By the time I was done, the treadmills were taken so I headed outside and walked up and down the parking lot for a half hour. About 72 degrees, low humidity, sun barely up. I’ve never been able to find my pace on the treadmill so I don’t like walking it. The parking lot at that time of day is perfect.

The more you practice that vibration, the more unpleasant stuff you attract

“Once you understand the correlation between how you are feeling and the thoughts that you are thinking, which are the reason you feel the way you do, then you can change the way you feel by changing the thoughts you are thinking. And then events change, too. It is just a matter of practicing your thoughts on purpose. Think and feel.” Abraham Hicks.
Most people do not realize that watching the news, the violence, the horrors of the world causes you to practice the vibration of it. And once you have practiced the vibration of it you are going to attract more and more unsettling stuff in all different areas of your life.

 

 

8 Reasons Why Spending Time Alone Is Actually Really Good For You

An insightful article here.  “You’ll have just as much fun. Being alone will make you more creative… And probably make you work harder. If you’re an introvert, alone time is key to your happiness. Taking on activities on your own can help you meet new people. Spending time alone can help with depression, especially in teens. It helps clear your mind. You get to do what you actually want to do.”  The full article here –>  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/spending-time-alone_n_7154166.html?ir=Healthy+Living