I am looking to balance my life with go going to stay home. The go-go part appears to take a direction toward my photo destinations or places I have not been to before or a long time. There are mountains (Sammong) to the right and river (Doi Saket) to the left. Then add Chaing Dao, Chaing Rai to the north and Lampung and Lampang to the south. Each area has a village, fields, chicken stands, etc. If it were possible for me to close my eyes and wake up mid-point, many of the places would look similar… field, chicken stand, road dogs, men with flip-flops on the motorbike, etc. Like the Wat’s they are not all alike, and while each has a Buddha, all the Buddha are not alike. Time and an open eye for space and subtleness are a key.
When I am at home, my Laptop says…I am alone, and I don’t like being alone….turn me on and sit for a while. A while can turn into a long time and HP smiles and typist says butt sore – how long have I plays Spade, looked up essential words, read email, etc. and why?
On my MIT – most important things to do - #1 get control of your computer time. So, I will finish this Blog and go back to my sketchbook sKool Class (ok.. on the computer but I am active with paper at the desk).
The very positive think about the current administration is that I am not unhappy to be in the later part of my life. It will take a long time to clean up the mess that is being made. The poor will get poorer and less healthy, and more of “them” will be seen as a threat to be corralled or locked up. The poor elderly will have fewer resources and be corralled into facilities that will soon overcrowd. A good compromise for me would be a condo in a lovely location… not in the US.
But for today, I will think about my attitude and press the OFF button.
The question most asked of me is what do you do all day and the second question, are you lonely. I miss some of my friends but mostly I see my heart rate dropping, my night extra beats diminishing, and I smile most of the time. I have little need to fix anything and also am learning that there is nothing that wants to be fixed. It is what it is.
I am not alone, I am with my best friend.
Alone one is never lonely: the spirit adventures, waking
In a quiet garden, in a cool house, abiding single there;
The spirit adventures in sleep, the sweet thirst-slaking
When only the moon’s reflection touches the wild hair.
There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone:
It finds a lovely certainty in the evening and the morning.
In a quiet garden, in a cool house, abiding single there;
The spirit adventures in sleep, the sweet thirst-slaking
When only the moon’s reflection touches the wild hair.
There is no place more intimate than the spirit alone:
It finds a lovely certainty in the evening and the morning.
CANTICLE 6 by May Sarton
I meet a high number of people here, and there is a danger of becoming fast friends. I only have to look at my Facebook page and wonder, why am I friends with this person or that. We have little in common, and they would toss me under the bus quickly if I were not the bonny they thought I should be. The more time I spend with my breath, the more I realize that there are only a few that come close to a friend. I am very over the attraction to she/he is “neat” “funny” “cute” “smart”…. Are they whole or aware that they are not.
Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself… Regard him as loyal and you will make him loyal.
Seneca a letter titled “On True and False Friendship”.
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