Full of Life

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The seed that is to grow

must lose itself as seed;

And they that creep

may graduate through 

chrysalis to wings.

Wilt thou then, O mortal,

cling to husks which

falsely seem to you

the self?

~Wu Ming Fu, Twelfth Century

It's not so much about being prepared for death as it is being full of life. I want to be so well practiced in crossing thresholds that dying is merely another step in the dance. i want to be so comfortable with stillness and silence that I can root in them. ~ Dawna Markova, "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life"

Admittedly, I can be a turd. I am not always Suzy Sunshine and I am definitely not the person who always looks on the positive side of things. I generally think of myself as a Refreshingly Honest Person, but sometimes I overshoot and I end up being an Oversharing Bummer of a Person.

I have come to find that all I need to turn my attitude around is a little health scare.

Dream a Little Dream with Me

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"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." - Carl G. Jung


"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams." - Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


I've been thinking about how we make our own reality...how our expectations and beliefs are mirrored back to us in the world around us. We see what exists...and what exists is a combination of our thoughts and fears, hopes and expectations and everyone else's thoughts/fears/hopes/expectations/beliefs/etc. We are the kings and queens of our own little kingdoms, ruling with wisdom and ignorance, dancing up against other kings and queens, constantly jostled about.

Haiku

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cashmere morning mist

dusted bronze haystack bathed in

white light, liquid sky

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white willow, woodsmoke

bittersweet winter oak sighs

gray earth, gray morning

...and this may be why I am dragging ass lately.

"I restore myself when I'm alone."  - Marilyn Monroe

A Post About How I've Not Posted In A While

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Yes, my lovelies, I have been doing other things. What other things, you ask? Well, aside from fretting about getting my car inspected and paying out the wazoo to get that accomplished, I've been doing the usual stuff...with one little additional thing.

I've been trying to reclaim my life from the clutches of the internets.

I am sure I really don't have to explain this- it's pretty easy for the modern individual to get caught up in Facebook updates and constant email checking and blog reading etc. etc. etc. I've been fighting the good fight and trying to do something other than plop down in front of my computer and clickety clack my life away at a keyboard. So I've been taking walks...and reading...and cooking...and stuff like that.

Still, I do miss blogging about things that are of interest/importance to me, and I can feel Pretty Darn Good about blogging because it is a Way to Foster a Writing Habit. So, I will be coming back to the blog and hopefully writing more consistently. My overall goal is to reduce my Facebook consumption and increase my blogging output.

Would you like to help me, readers?  I'm sure you would!

If you are reading, and enjoy what you read here, comment on this post to just say hi.  I am curious to see who is out there, reading this blog and coming back to it (because if my statistics are to be believed, there's a small group of lovelies out there that stop here once in a while).

Thanks in advance, honeybadgers!

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