A Mindful Life

I want to know: how much do you spend on groceries per month (including household cleaners, personal items, etc. but NOT dining out); what part of the country do you live in; AND what is your family size? I’m looking to see what other families of 3-4 in the Bay Area spend but am generally [...]

Working in social services because you love to help people is like working at MacDonalds because you love to cook: it is torturously frustrating. –Big Fat Trauma Queen

If you practice the kind of patience that leads to the de-escalation of aggression and the cessation of suffering, you will be cultivating enormous courage. You will really get to know anger and how it breeds violent words and actions. You will see the whole thing without acting it out. When you practice patience, you’re [...]

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Something about the wind makes me feel alive…the seagulls and the sky…whether its sunny and bright or cloudy and grey or nighttime and I’m surrounded by vast darkness…I just feel…FULL. Full of love and energy….almost as though I’m porous and the wind soars through tiny holes in my body and I’m part of it all…the [...]

Inspired by No Time For Flash Cards

If I’m ever at a loss as to what to do, I head over to No Time For Flash Cards for ideas. I love this site. It’s clear the Allie loves children, especially young ones. Today we did the letter of the week, small k. And letter of the week, big E.

…and foam stickers, and construction paper, and color markers, and scissors, and…

This is one of the most inspiring and compelling video snippets I have seen in a long time. Please take a moment to go to his site and watch it! Motivational Message by Nick Vujicic Maybe I’ll buy the DVD.

It’s a few hours after sunset, but I just found out about this. I’m posting it here and then turning off the computer. Click this link of embed doesn’t work.