Sunday Outlook on Life

Your outlook on life
is a conscious choice.

Susan Murray Young

From Seeds....

A seed hidden in the heart
of an apple is an orchard
invisible.
                   
                Welsh Proverb

Accept, Acknowledge and Proceed

A mistake is simply another way of
doing things.

                               Katherine Graham

My heart is full in this little cottage.
Surrounded by the people, kitties, and things
I adore.

I had a text from work today asking if I was
bored.  I could never get bored, right
now I am not physically or mentally able to do
all that I want to do.  My body and is recuperating,
and even though much of my chronic hip pain is
gone, I feel sore.  Sore like the flu, but I don't have
the flu.

I only read today in Where Women Create,
issue Nov/Dec/Jan 2016, an article
on Carol Darilek, describing her bout
with breast cancer where she says, "For
a while, my creativity disappeared as 
I concentrated on healing emotionally and physically."

Please, don't misunderstand, I am not comparing my
condition with cancer but a light bulb did go on.
It took over 3 years of pushing my very human
hip to its limit before I acknowledged something had
to be done.  I didn't before, but I am validating my
old pain and exhaustion.

Finding Your Bliss

Will we only find our bliss after our passing?
Or could we, while we are living, work on
being blissful.  Letting go of hurt both
ancient and new.  Finding our calling.


Refuse to be an accomplice.  Don't
lie-don't keep your eyes shut.
                            Simone Weil

What would you choose to do,
even if you didn't get paid for it?

My bliss is in conversation, listening
and giving away of opinions.
Sharing of hard earned lessons.


Part of our road trip bliss is the hunt
for treasures: tangible, tasty, or visual.
Sibling time. 
Mid-century vignettes brought to you
by  Midway Mall in Sacramento.                      .

Seriously, the get-along-gang spent
hours in this place, drooling.
Quality furnishing from another era.
Meticulously preserved.

Happy Easter : Feliz Páscoa

Whatever's in front of me,
help me to sing Hallelujah.

              Bethany Dillon

Be Bright

Forgiveness is a double gift.
It is a gift to the one who is forgiven, but
also a gift to yourself, freeing you from
the prison of resentment and bitterness.
                          Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
                         With God in Russia





This bright idea is from Better Homes and Gardens.

A pink bench and crisp bright pots.

Live in COLOR.