Nearing the end of Febraury here as I look out upon the gray clouds and wind and whitecaps on Fidalgo Bay. I have been staying up in Anacortes with my folks during the week to help them out and I am usually the first one up here. Funny things these mornings aren't they? Each day I wake up to a new reality and in my case a new place, a new chance to spend a day and even to create the reality I experience......it seems easier to see without the cloud of thinking in the early mornings. Maybe that's why I so loved spending the early mornings of camp with Tom; a time when the mind is a bit more open and less clouded by the events of the day, before I get caught up in the drama of life. Then my Dad wakes up and blows it all away when he turns on the TV with the blast of sound.
I haven't logged in to this site in such a long time. Camp seems like a distant dream to me this morning...I have to consciously bring it back into my minds eye and even then, the image is hazy. After the transition of last year, a chance for it to be born anew, I wonder if I will remain connected? My life seems so different these days. Hannah graduates in March, Mariah will have finished her first year of college and living away from home, Linda survived a heart attack, my Dad survived lung cancer, my second Mom survived a heart attack and now life unfolds before me. What's next? Don't know......it seems to be my mantra these days.
I happened upon this site this morning and having read several of Rachel Naomi Remen's books over the years I enjoyed this piece. An exert....
"According to the Buddhist understanding of auspicious coincidence, all circumstances can be brought to the spiritual path. Everything that happens in our lives, whether positive or negative, can serve to awaken us to the nature of the world. But occasionally, events cluster in particular ways that give us a glimpse of the deeper structures of reality, and suggest that time and linear causality may not be the ultimate way in which the world is ordered. " It seemed to hit home for me so here is a link if you are interested.
Well I best get up and begin moving. It is good to think of you all and I send along my greetings and best wishes for a good day. Gratefully yours, Dale
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Dear One,
How wonderful to see your words and feel your thoughts. Thank you. I spent some time reading the writings from your link...how inspirational. So many things to reflect on and so much to be grateful for. So glad to hear your voice! Sherry Baugh
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