A young black cat with white bib has been resting mornings on the concrete bench in the courtyard outside my office window.  When he first arrives, he sits upright facing me, looking like a dapper gent in a tux. I put some dry food out for him.  I’d say he’s almost a year old. He’s sleek, not ragged, not starving — not fixed! If I see no signs he belongs to someone, I’ll take him in for initial shots and neutering. You come in my yard, you play by my rules. This morning after meditation I went outside to see the source of Benny meowing. He was on the driveway looking toward the road, where Tuxedo Sam was standing. They weren’t fighting and Benny wasn’t howling. He’d just meowed once. I explained to Sam that Benny was the king of this yard and it was his decision whether Sammy was invited or not. I gave Benny some head scratches. I brought out some kibble for the concrete bench. Benny heard it and came running. I picked him up and took him inside, so he knows I put the food down for Sam. I looked out the window and he was eating it. Benny saw it, too. I explained to Benny that it might be temporary until we get Sam fixed, or he might have a new friend. It’s too soon to tell. And since Benny was alone and hungry at that age, I don’t want him thinking he’s going to be replaced. But maybe if he thinks it’s his idea, he can have a little brother.   Here’s the timeline of Sam’s arrival.
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A friend sent me an article criticizing positive thinking, wherein the author quoted Osho as saying, “the philosophy of positive thinking means being untruthful; it means being dishonest. It means seeing a certain thing and yet denying what you have seen; it means deceiving yourself and others.”
That’s not what it means at all.
No wonder people don’t think it works.
Positive thinking doesn’t mean look at the raging storm and deny it’s happening. Positive thinking means look for the rainbow, know the storm will pass and until then spend your time in happy pursuits, planning a hopeful future.   Continue reading →

You can be a solitary worker on the inner planes and be of service right where you are: I had a particularly deep sleep this afternoon and a vision, more like a visitation. It was something I thought I knew so it gave me deeper understanding. I’m trying to wake up enough to get it into words. I have to use pictures right now. Say you’re sitting with loved ones, you’re partying, you’re in love, you’re cuddling your pet, you’re having a good time. The emotions you feel are radiating off you. They affect everyone around you and everyone you bring to mind.  These emotions are also being deposited into a big feeling-bank “in the sky.” Like a giant thoughtform, other people can tap into this feeling-bank and feel your happiness.     Continue reading →

When we ask, we will be guided to new inspiration or a new goal or a new muse. But we have to ask for it.

When you’re ready, sincerely ask internally: “Whoever or Whatever is up there or out there, please bring me something to be intensely interested in and inspired about, something to bring new spark into my life. Thank you.”

I scroll thru Facebook and see what everyone’s hot topic of the day is, who’s mad about what  STAY HOPEFUL No matter what’s going on around us, we can find a purpose and have a happy fulfilling life right where we are. We can be of value and service right here, right now.  Look at the people around you and make it your daily practice to get along with them. When emotions are high, we can help diffuse tension, we can help ease fears. No matter who’s in office.  Unseen powers are working things out. It’s a good thing when the tower tumbles. All great changes are preceded by chaos. The lightning struck tower card symbolizes a breakdown of the status quo and the opportunity to rebuild again fresh a life that is more relevant to now. The result is always something preferred emerging from the ashes of what was no longer satisfying your soul. Stay hopeful.

Living in expectancy of good draws it to you. Viewing everything and everyone in front of you — and wondering how they might delight you — reveals to you how to be delighted with what you see in front of you. Doing this as a daily practice will confirm it can happen for you. What good can you see coming out of the people and circumstances in front of you right now? Look deep.

I love having friends who keep me awake. I ran into a fave pal at the beach. I remarked I hadn’t been in awhile and that I had a cold 10 days last month. He said “you’re always sick” and I said “what? I’m never sick!” He said “On Facebook that’s all you talk about: oh my cold, oh my arm, oh my hands, oh my knee.” I had to laugh because he was exactly right. However those things I don’t really count as being sick. Those are just things moving through my body. Everybody gets that. I just talk about everything I do and what I do to get through my daily life. The ups and downs. But I can’t count those as being downs, or “sick” because they’re just things. And things are going to move through your body. But I will be more mindful when posting 🙂

You can do good right where you are. Just do right. RIght may not be expedient, right may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. Do right, right now, right where you are.

To everyone who’s freaked by the current goings on, stay hopeful. Don’t take score too soon. We’ve been heard. Helpers are in motion working to make it right. Hold the vision with us. Help is on the way. Stay hopeful because that’s what sustains us and moves us forward. Never doubt that behind the scenes there are people helping. Be one of them. Help by staying hopeful.

Short version: I had too many files on the desktop. Entire story: I store lots of files on my desktop until I get a chance to move them to a permanent location.  For the last month, I’ve been getting “desktop not responding” when I go into Windows Explorer to check my desktop files. I Googled “desktop not responding” and tried a few fixes everyone said worked for them.  Didn’t work for me. My computer guru came out and told me there’s something on the desktop causing the holdup.  To find out what it was, he created a folder on my external drive called “Windows10 computer desktop” and we dragged the files from the desktop of the Win10 computer to the new folder on my external drive. Apparently there were 8,838 of them.  Hmmm. Then I recalled the last 3 or 4 times I moved photos off my phone and onto the desktop. That was a few hundred each, Then I found I had 1,383 magazine layout files on the desktop, artwork etc. from my image setter.  One by one we moved the files, deleting them from the desktop. I ran CCleaner and 9053 mb was removed. That was the fix, I had way too many files on my desktop.