tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16678050640846170142024-02-18T20:20:10.476-08:00life is beautifulsharing my view of the beauty of life through photographykathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-91807697009249107552017-08-16T15:23:00.003-07:002017-08-16T15:25:15.984-07:00Jumble vs. Flow<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I realized that my mind, and thus my life, has become like the inner workings of a database. </div>
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I work a lot in databases, at my various jobs. </div>
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My mind now works that way (complex, convoluted, multiple ways to approach everything...), which is in direct opposition to the way my mind works organically (simple, one step leading to the next, direct cause and effect). I can clearly see the negative impact this is having. My world is cluttered, everywhere. Purse, office, car, home. This problem has many causal factors, mainly the fact that I work every minute of almost every day and have no time or energy to devote to cleaning up messes, but I can also see that it's all coming in the first place from the new way I'm thinking. </div>
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I used to wander through the woods with nothing but my self and my thoughts. No bottle of water, no benadryl for emergencies, no ID, no purse, no phone, no keys.....it was glorious!</div>
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Now I have literally everything I could ever need for any circumstance with me at all times. Again, it's easy to see why...I rush from job to job - sometimes up to 4 in a day. But having a good reason for it doesn't make up for the fact that I feel like it's killing me. <br />
Not just my schedule, but the new way I've trained myself to think, and therefore, live. <br />
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I'm made to flow through the day, caring for each thing in turn as the needs arise. </div>
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kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-69698922606684851712017-07-10T09:08:00.003-07:002017-07-10T09:08:53.457-07:00My last blog post was January 13. <br />
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Since then, my whole world has ended. And begun again. And faltered, then started over.<br />
My mother died February 22. <br />
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It was fast, yet took forever. <br />
It was a complete surprise, yet there was a long period of descent to the end. <br />
It was life-shattering, even though I always thought it would be livable.<br />
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My grief has been all-encompassing. <br />
And at the same time, the other aspects of my life have also been deeply traumatic. <br />
There has been very little respite. <br />
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I do find moments of calm / beauty / love / happiness / peace,<br />
but they are rare and always followed quickly by long periods of strife / ugliness / hatred / misery / deep unhappiness. So many factors are at play, most of them not within my control. <br />
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I'm starting up a photo course that focuses (sorry for the bad pun - my mama would be proud LOL) on finding peace. I'm hoping to truly be able to engage in this course and share my progress here. <br />
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Perhaps the painful tangle of emotions and looping thoughts can give way to some equanimity?<br />
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-44790070049505809582017-01-13T09:01:00.000-08:002017-01-13T09:01:26.241-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
January has certainly gone the way of most Januaries...all resolutions have fallen by they wayside as the new year tumbles along just like the last one, unencumbered by the concept of a full stop and new beginnings. I suppose we make the mistake of thinking that just dreaming of such a re-boot will make it reality. But there's drudgery to be done behind the dream! I haven't done the physical work of stopping to re-start. I just expected it to happen and experienced true surprise when it did not :/ </div>
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It's beginning to become apparent that it's incumbent upon me to actually stop the movement, set the intention and proceed in a new way. I read something in my <a href="https://www.globalteahut.org/" target="_blank">Global Tea Hut</a> magazine that really struck a chord, about Korean monks growing and producing tea as "an important part of their self-cultivation", and I realized immediately that the whole huge missing link I feel is that I want to dive into self-cultivation. I only practice other-cultivation, but I long for self-cultivation. Looking at my lists of things I want & plan for, they all speak of self-cultivation. They are the things that I don't manage to continue, or even begin. But I've been given another day, in which to try again. </div>
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I think I'll do just that. </div>
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-77554953105302570392017-01-02T10:07:00.001-08:002017-01-02T10:13:08.975-08:002 days in...Well, day 1 of 2017 was spent with a migraine, the third day of a 3-day migraine to be exact, so it wasn't quite what I had hoped. I did manage some decluttering and a walk with my husband so not a total loss! Today is my last day off and day 2 of the new year, but I wasted / spent half a day stuck in my car in a storm, with floodwaters too deep to drive through. But now it's sunny, I'm home, and I am going to do some yoga and meditating to reclaim the day. <br />
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I loved <a href="http://caitflanders.com/2017/01/02/a-year-of-slow-living-experiments/" target="_blank">this post</a> by Cait Flanders.<br />
I too have been overwhelmed by social media lately. I always feel like a failure when I see everyone's beautiful posts of their perfect lives; where is my perfect expensive home and beach vacation?! Conversely some posts just depress me with the horrors of reality (animal abuse, Syria, politics...). Cait reframes the new year possibilities into slower living, which suits me just fine.<br />
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-56416693802478775202016-12-17T16:05:00.001-08:002016-12-17T16:05:31.923-08:00Setting an intention...over the holidays I will be preparing for what I think I'll be calling the Happy Year Project...which essentially will be me holding myself accountable for having the life I want. <br />
At its heart it will be me immersing in Yoga, Tai Chi, Photography, Tea & Plants. <br />If you were to ask me what I want to be doing in my life I would easily tell you I want to live in a cottage in Carmel, CA with a little garden of herbs, veggies & flowers. I want to do yoga and tai chi daily, take photographs, and rescue & care for animals. I want the time and space in my days to do all of those things, and to drink tea of course! I've had the same dream my entire life really and after the most horrendous year in 2016, I'm ready to stop wanting and start doing. And in the doing, I believe the doors will open to make the whole dream my reality. I'll be sharing my preparations and inspirations here over the next 2 weeks, as I get clear on how this project will come together for me. <br />
For now I will just say,<br />
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I believe...I believe....<br />
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kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-59602092944866177922015-01-17T22:54:00.001-08:002015-01-17T23:29:04.724-08:00photos, paintings & nature<br />
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i just finished another wonderful photography course with my favorite teacher, <a href="http://www.joyfullygreen.com/" target="_blank">joy sussman.</a> one of the coolest things i have learned in joy's classes has been to view art in order to learn new ways to view the world and photograph it. the other day i visited the <a href="http://www.mfah.org/" target="_blank">houston museum of fine arts</a> to see an exhibit of monet's work <a href="http://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/monet-and-seine-impressions-river/" target="_blank">along the seine river</a>, and i was surprised to find alot of inspiration and even parallels to my own work.</div>
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-64944348605348479212014-12-26T21:31:00.001-08:002014-12-26T21:31:08.205-08:00project 2015my 2015 = life, love, creativity, family, health,<br />
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right now. no more waiting. <br />
this is my year.<br />
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kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-58417022469411181012014-04-06T14:01:00.003-07:002014-04-06T14:01:57.262-07:00omg omg omg! look what i did today! i started on my path!!!!<br />
thank you for the inspiration, <a href="http://www.joyfullygreen.com/" target="_blank">joy</a>!<br />
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<a href="http://society6.com/katdenton">http://society6.com/katdenton</a><br />
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i am really happy. almost as happy as this! but not quite as happy LOL.<br />
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-18355619004993864212014-03-18T14:22:00.003-07:002014-03-18T18:15:23.652-07:00Joyfully Green Photo Class Shout-Out<br />
<a href="http://www.joyfullygreen.com/" target="_blank">Joy Sussman</a>, you rock!<br />
What an awesome photography class. <br />
I am feeling so very much more creative, and excited about the future!<br />
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-50975250479998258822014-03-12T13:54:00.001-07:002014-03-12T13:54:35.126-07:00getting therepeace<br />
calm<br />
oasis<br />
sanctuary<br />
nature<br />
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letting go<br />
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i need these things so very much...my world has become incredibly noisy lately. literally. all day, every day, nothing but big-city human noise - mostly construction. at home, at work, driving in-between. everywhere i turn there is construction; even at the park! ALL the parks! i'm all for progress, but we never seem to "get there". i dream of just sitting in silence, hearing the birds and the wind in the trees. our man-made noise seems to drown out all of nature, and i'm longing to feel part of the whole again. <br />
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i'm currently taking a wonderful photography class, and i'm reminded that the act of photographing the world around me helps me experience the underlying calm...when i slow down to see, prepare and execute the shot, i re-join the slower-moving world that lies beneath our self-conjured sound & fury.<br />
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and the low-key rhythm i find there fits and feels so right. <br />
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kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-73474978322279649502014-01-08T11:47:00.000-08:002014-01-08T11:47:14.306-08:00a new year? <div style="text-align: center;">
to the human mind, it's a new year. a fresh start. time to set up the coming year and maybe do a little better for ourselves than last year. </div>
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but i'll join my species in wanting to actively create a really nice future, so this post is all about my plan to set that in motion!<br />
i've nearly recovered from a crazy holiday season, a trip to the frozen northeast and a lovely illness picked up at work. i've already started the first two components of how i'm changing in this new year: work less, and get a handle on finances. i realize those two don't seem to go together! but they must, and it's going well on both parts! next up is a commitment to an even deeper level of health. <br />
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currently i'm participating in the <a href="http://www.fullyraw.com/#!home/mainPage" target="_blank">Rawfully Organic 21-Day Challenge</a>. while i'm working on my gallbladder health i can't eat only raw food, but i'm filling my days with delicious fruits and veggies more than ever. currently i'm eating buckwheat cereal for breakfast with my various gallbladder-healing supplements mixed in, a large fruit smoothie mid-morning (bananas, blueberries, cherries, dates, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice!), soup for lunch, vegetable juice in the afternoon, a salad when i get home and something awesome for dinner like vegetable soup or stew or grilled veggie wraps, with some veggie side like green bean casserole (green beans, mushroom gravy and spices) or steamed broccoli. if there's time for dessert i've been having apples that i cooked in my crockpot: cubed apples, raisins and cinnamon. so that all sounds AMAZINGLY healthy. BUT. i'm still stuffing myself with crackers and bread. and it has to stop. because of course, if i eat the bread i'm too full to eat much of the good stuff. and bread is a known cause of gallstone formation. and gluten is a known cause of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, which i have. so my one tiny vice that really isn't a vice, has to go. happily i am finding wonderful alternative snack options in the beautiful <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Fresh-Energy-Cookbook-Supercharge/dp/076278086X" target="_blank">Fresh Energy Cookbook</a> by Natalia Rose and Doris Choi.<br />
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i've also been bringing yoga back into my days, and am really thinking about doing the <a href="http://www.blissology.com/community/the-blissology-project/the-4-week-program/" target="_blank">Blissology Project</a>, which would be awesome for many reasons: to commit to and complete something just for me, to get great exercise, and to get blissed out...the project is all about slowing down, feeling grateful and experiencing life at nature's pace. i like it! </div>
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after the Blissology Project i have my eye on this gorgeous dvd, <a href="http://vimeo.com/77073328" target="_blank">Earth Body Yoga</a>:</div>
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there is a thread weaving through my life right now that is making itself heard more and more: earth. </div>
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soil, plants, the life cycle, and my place within it.</div>
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i wanted to capture a few of these disparate threads and get them pinned down in a blog post, because they are truly clamoring now for my attention; and as serendipity is wont to do, they are flooding in with perfect timing - seemingly unbidden but quite obviously exactly as planned. </div>
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"Biodynamic agriculture strives to transmit the life-giving forces of nature through foods which are grown by working with the rhythms of the earth and the cosmos. The forces of nature are captured in quality foods with character to feed the body, mind and soul. Biodynamic practices use the most sustainable methods of agriculture and support fair trade principles."<br />
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one of my favorite authors on the subject of biodynamic life is Prince Charles. His books <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Garden-Highgrove-Prince-Wales/dp/0297825445/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384204666&sr=8-1&keywords=the+garden+at+highgrove" target="_blank">The Garden at Highgrove</a> and Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World are truly wonderful. here is an exerpt from a Huffington Post article about Harmony: <span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">"The universe displays evidence of a "grammar of harmony," Prince Charles asserts in his new book, "</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061731315" target="_hplink"><span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our</span> World</a>." In the book, the heir to the British throne shares his belief that mankind's most pressing modern problems are rooted in our disharmony with nature, and that we can solve them by regaining balance with the natural order."<br />
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enjoy perusing the many links above, and let's talk about what all of this means to us...i for one am slowly but confidently putting together a picture of how deeply this river of land and life runs through me, and how rich the rest of my life could be if only i can heed its call...</div>
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i've never actually frequented an opium den, but i have read books! and the description fits: addictively, happily floaty. i admit i will be sorry when my course of treatment is over!<br />
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my doctor says she is altering my energy, to be able to deal better with my stress. to be able to be more peaceful and happy. in other words, to take it down about a thousand notches. and it really does work, against all my logic! the trouble always begins when i leave the clinic. i always have things to do. so many things. i try to do them slowly, but all that running around leads to a feeling of imbalance. i know if i would just go home afterward and rest, it could be even more healing. and when i say imbalance i mean literally off-balance, like as if one leg is much shorter than the other, which makes you feel slightly dizzy. i have a session next tuesday, and this time i will take my own advice by going straight home afterwards and taking it easy. we'll see how that alters the experience. <br />
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today i had a lovely calm sunday at home. i cooked food for the week, cleaned a bit, and relaxed with my husband. i adore sundays! oddly (not!), many of my physical pain symptoms disappeared with the rest period i had today. i begin to believe that it's true that stress kills, and i've been making myself a victim for far too long. <br />
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next up, the great challenge of finding more time of rest than just sundays. can i do it? stay tuned...kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-78580593931778468942013-11-01T18:00:00.001-07:002013-11-01T18:02:13.073-07:00Oh yes please, re-visited!<br />
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These days I am in a strange new pattern of self-care, or rather, I am supposed to be learning to care for myself but it is so alien that I find myself really having to struggle to keep the ball rolling. <br />
A couple of months ago I finally got well and truly sick, after flirting with it for years. Years of never taking care of myself, at all. Ever. Always caring for everyone else with no care for the carer. Add to that an entire lifetime of eating absolute crap. The SAD diet ("standard american diet") times 1,000.<br />
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There's a lot to say about all that, but it will keep for future posts! So a couple of months ago when I became remarkably ill and was facing probable surgery, a strange thing happened and I somehow ended up looking at a Chinese medicine clinic website and calling to make an appointment for the free consultation. Since then I've been seeing Dr. Sharon twice a week for acupuncture and herbs, and the experience has been amazing. This therapy is incredible! I would urge anyone with nearly any condition to consult with an acupuncture doctor to see if it can help them.<br />
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In the process I am having to learn self-care, on every level. Rest, and lots of it. Peaceful sleep. Less stress (and not just giving that lip service but truly finding ways not to get involved on a personal level in every single opportunity to flip out each day when stressful situations pop up; this is MUCH harder than it sounds). Eat the right foods every day, in the right amounts, at the right times. Don't eat the wrong foods! Work LESS. Meditate. Exercise daily, outside, in the appropriate way for your body. Hardest of all for me is remembering that just because I feel amazing does not mean that I can revert to the behaviors that got me here in the first place. My doctor tells me "save some for yourself", "what good is the money if you don't have time to enjoy the things it buys", "peaceful mind", "this is your time", and many other wonderful points of wisdom. Now the trick is to really do it, not just smile and nod and then race off in all directions at once. <br />
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This week I did just that, and got myself back into some minor trouble. Dr. Sharon fixed me up this afternoon and I will need to take particularly good care of myself this weekend, but all should be well soon. I realized that I am so very bad at caring for myself that I really need something in my life that helps me keep at it, some form of reminder, some means of transparency...and it hit me! I've been mulling over breathing new life into my blog, which was created in a fit of health consciousness a couple of years ago. What better way to chronicle my new path and in the process share my learnings about how to undo a lifetime of transgressions against the self. Hopefully we will discover amazing things together! <br />
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<br />kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-47615061855554461492012-05-01T14:25:00.001-07:002012-05-01T14:25:23.535-07:00definitely want to be a mermaid!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and i'm GOING FOR IT. <br />
i'm taking back my power. <br />
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*i've launched a 6-month gluten-free period starting today, and i hope in doing so to cure my hashimoto's thyroiditis. i've been researching a lot and there's some amazing findings about gluten and auto-immunity.<br />
*i've been drinking fresh veggie juices daily for lunch, even on weekends at my part-time job. <br />
*speaking of my part-time job that has become like a full-time job...i'm about to shake things up in that area too. i need the money but i need the time at home with my family more...can't wait to have time to garden, cook, take a walk or bike ride and maybe even nap! i'm manifesting a whole new way of bringing in the money i need. <br />
*i'm determined to stop the snack food madness. i've amassed some lovely alternatives to my favorite bad boys - reese's pb cups & cheetos puffs - and will start with allowing myself to have those guys only twice a week to start. i've been trying the cold-turkey approach for a year now and that keeps backfiring on me!<br />
*i'm choosing to be happy, no matter what comes my way. <br />
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check out these absolutely beautiful websites: <br />
<a href="http://www.floracopeia.com/">Floracopeia</a>, <a href="http://www.anaflora.com/">Anaflora</a>, <a href="http://lotuswei.com/">Lotus Wei</a> & <a href="http://bigsurfloweressences.com/">Big Sur Flower Essences</a> <br />
i'm trying flower essences for myself and for some mighty unhappy kitties (there is a new kitten upsetting the mix), and when i get back from vacation i'll try essential oils too. first i am learning how to properly use essential oils as medicine. LOVING this. also check out <a href="http://www.deniseandrade.com/">Boho Girl,</a> a gorgeous and heartfelt blog i stumbled across and the inspiration for learning about flower medicine. although, i don't really think i've stumbled across any of this; it was just time for the inspiration to arrive. thanks universe! <br />
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<a href="http://www.deniseandrade.com/category/enoughness/page/2/">http://www.deniseandrade.com/category/enoughness/page/2/</a>kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-739184740564201592011-08-17T12:35:00.000-07:002011-08-17T12:35:57.546-07:00wednesday's philosophical musingsif we are all creating our own reality, but i am busy creating a life based on doing the least possible harm to all living creatures and protecting them from others, and you are busy creating a life of reaping goods for yourself from all living creatures, then seemingly we are at cross-purposes and what on earth do we do with that?<br />
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why don't our molecules trail off appreciably behind us as we go through our days?<br />
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i'd really like to evolve enough in this lifetime to not have to come back here; only, it's so beautiful here and i really don't like to think of never seeing trees, mountains, ocean again...and i'd hate to not be able to keep helping animals in need. but maybe, whatever's next doesn't have suffering...and the memories of the trees will fill my new vision kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06882362275065490882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667805064084617014.post-34575851594431024292011-07-27T14:23:00.000-07:002011-07-27T14:23:23.700-07:00latest and greatest!i am on a spiritual bender, and loving it!<br />
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reading books by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Heal-Your-Life-Gift/dp/1561706280/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1311801014&sr=8-2">louise hay</a>, listening to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Love-Friends-Present-Inspired/dp/B00000C2QN/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311800890&sr=1-2">poems by rumi set to music</a>, meditating to a deepak chopra cd, and learning tai ji with this amazing man: <a href="https://www.livingtao.org/videos/">chungliang al huang</a> via the magic of youtube videos. <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i've got clean eating going on too, thanks to the <a href="http://www.rawfullyorganic.com/">rawfully organic co-op</a>, and am fired up to re-start my healing protocols for my gallbladder & thyroid. starting august 1 i am going gluten-free again, and eating nothing but raw living foods for a month. going on vacation in september so i'm inspired to get super-clean before then, so i can eat whatever i like during that time. which will mostly be super-clean anyway! </div>also i've begun spending time meditating, doing affirmations & being alone in nature daily, and i feel so very much more calm & happy. and i have to say, i have the most wonderful books in my home library! i re-discovered this one the other day and it is truly amazing: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Tiger-Return-Mountain-Essence/dp/0890875049/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311801504&sr=1-1">embrace tiger return to mountain</a>, by chungliang al huang. beautiful and inspirational!<br />
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