It’s not that we have more patience as we get older, we just don’t give a fuck anymore about pointless drama.

Bernie Siegel, MD posted on Facebook: “Dear Everybody, My old Zen Master Irving said to me on my first visit,” You have three jobs here. Your first job is to kill the Buddha. Your second job is to kill your parents. Your third job is to kill me.” As I got up to leave he said to sit down and let him explain what he meant. First, you must let go of any concepts of a separate, superior, enlightened being outside of yourself. Second, as long as there is anything you want from your parents or anything that upsets you, they will be an obstacle in your mind. Killing your parents means accepting them just as they are. They enter your mind like an image reflected on the water. No ripples. Your third job is to kill me.

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I just saw a friend’s post on the news feed and went to his page to agree with him. As I scrolled to find the post, I saw a half dozen racist and bashing posts he’d made. It’s a side of him I don’t know. Oh, there are so many facets of our friends’ personalities. They are either a friend or not, regardless of beliefs. Just not one I can spend much time with.

 I love connecting friends for the purpose of creating magic together, and I think magic is what it’s all about.  Magic as in using the alchemy of focused vision to see the good and the enchantment in everyday ordinary life. Then it doesn’t matter if I live and work in the same place.  I can never get into a rut.  I don’t live within these four walls, within this one mile radius, I live in my imagination and that’s unlimited.

Did I really just tell a potential paying client, “Lack of sleep and confusion is no reason to throw $$ at me”? Where’s my marketing savvy? I had her on the ropes!

Thank you so much to all who have served and/or are serving in the many branches of our military allowing the rest of us to live freely. Even if it means we use that freedom to say and do really stupid shit sometimes.  Arachne D’Chen’vert

Now don’t be taking a pouty puss into the workplace. Shine a light on those grumpy coworkers and bosses who don’t know, as you do, that life can be fun and wonderful if they choose to look at it that way. YOU be the example that you can be friendly and pleasant even with people you don’t particularly care for. YOU rock!!

I’ve been taking weekends off, something I haven’t done in years. My work is fun, so I work a little even weekends and holidays. Thankfully I live in the midst of a lot of nature, so I take a lot of short breaks to walk or bike around the neighborhood. My partner lives around the corner and also works from home, so we go on little local adventures to keep each other from getting cabin fever.  Saturday I took a long, early walk on a local nature trail, then back home to roast vegetables and make parsley hummus for later.  I plan ahead to be lazy later, and have yummy healthy foods on hand; it makes for more creative snacking options. I spent the afternoon with good friends, chanting on the river and eating delicious Thai food at Siam Orchid. I had their delicious Tom Yum Goong. Continue reading →