commitment
my sostane ring
Commitment is a substantial choice that you alone can make in a black-and-white fashion. When you aren’t fully committed you are distracted, your powers and energy focussed elsewhere.
And so it’s been with my commitment with my venture Sostane for the past few months. Sure, it’s grown to something that is too big for one person to handle. I need help. But I also need to commit myself to the project or stop doing it all together. It’s not fair to those involved if I am distracted and not giving it my all.
But I also preach in our meetings that we can’t over-stretch our commitments. We can’t say yes to everything. We are human. I think women struggle with this as we are the caretakers of the world. We can only care for others when we are reaching into our well of overflowing wholeness.
I am one that needs a symbol to remind me daily of how far I have come. I got a tatoo when I was 24 in honor of the death of my father. I treasure my wedding rings (my engagement having being handed down from my great-grandmother) and a thirty ring I got myself last year a day before the momentous crossing. I didn’t realize how much I appreciate carrying these with me daily until recently, feeling naked without them. More →
do what makes you happy
Guaranteed to brighten your mood.
I practice this every day. Not the dancing (yet), but the the mantra.
to do list
A short to do list with absolutely no pressure to accomplish:
• travel to San Francisco, Portland and New York
• drink more tea with friends
• give myself lots of time
• purge more stuff to live a minimalist lifestyle
• visit my friends (and their little ones) on friday afternoons
• take more photos
• take more walks
• weekends are family time only
• call my sister more often
• have lunch with my mom more often
• have dinner out with Myk more often
• find more volunteer opportunities
• create more beauty around me
• love myself completely
What do you want to create for yourself in 2009?
another new year
Two thousand and nine. A year just begging to be started. I think we are all anxious to get this new year up and thriving. I actually love this time of year as it gives me many opportunities to change and make way for brighter ideas. And I have been getting much help and encouragement along the way.
New principals, new outlooks and fresh perspectives will give way to a balance I have been seeking for years. And sometimes you have to ask for help outside yourself before you can find it.
The possibilities are endless and the outcomes great. “Only you can choose how you spend your time.” A highly valuable pearl of wisdom bestowed upon me today. And a much needed reminder of the power our choices bring us happiness and balance each and every day.
an ode to baby
It was over a month ago, but we almost lost our first dog, Baby. It was an accident and we were all pretty lucky, especially her.
We adopted her from the Pug Rescue here in Seattle in 2004 and she will be 11 next month in January. She is submissive to every new dog she meets, wagging her tail to say “yes, I want to be friends.” But she is no pushover. Even though Jenna is our alpha-dog here in our home, Baby will grab toys and push Jenna out of laps. Tenacious, we say. She only has one eye, but since we saw an eye specialist a couple years ago and have new eye medicine, she can see better than ever in the only one she has left. The previous owner hadn’t taken care of her other eye and it had to be removed when she was about four or so. More →
