Flying Sideways

Thank god for stability at home. I advocate stability. Whatever you have to do, think stabilize at home. It will carry you through the rough patches. The one inspiring thing for today was President Obama's eulogy of Teddy Kennedy. I cannot remember much but I do remember the words, "carry on." And so we must. Anyway, what about Teddy's life story? They are calling it the "fall and rise." And why the rise? Love. What's love got to do with it? Everything. She gave him strength. Anyway, I'm happy to be here in Seattle and to have this chance to write and post a couple of Seattle photos. The fish? Well, there are a lot of Pike St. Market photo ops.

I'm Back

I'm back. It was tough going for a week. One foot in front of the other. But I made it. I still feel a little shaky from all of the shake-ups at the office... people leaving, stress, responsibility, but so what, it's hard work. Rome wasn't built in a day. And I can handle hard work. My anger is in check. I am breathing deeply and not acting out. Reading Pema Chodron is helping. Prayer and meditation are helping. The whole bit about steadfastness is totally helpful. There are a few things I want to do more regularly: play the guitar, study Italian, read. How about you? what is it that you want to do more of?

Oh by the way, we had a great time in East Hampton. Heard marimba music. That is a cool instrument.

TGIF

Oh yeah - tgif - this was a tough week --- full of ups and downs, some loss, a migraine, fear, ah yes, useless fear...but it is Friday, and I made it, and I just want to say a couple of things: First, a quote from Pema Chodron, "If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equally extreme, it's because we have been cultivating that particular habit for a very long time. But...we can approach our lives as an experiment. In the next moment, in the next hour, we could choose to stop, to slow down, to be still for a few seconds. We could experiment with interrupting the usual chain reaction, and not spin off in the usual way. ..Pausing is very helpful in this process. It creates a momentary contrast between being completely self-absorbed and being awake and present. You stop for a few seconds, breathe deeply, and move on. You just pause... And once you start doing it, pausing nurtures you, you begin to prefer it to being all caught up."

Oh and also, I am going to miss Paula Abdul on American Idol. Come back, Paula!

Oh what a week!

Oh, what a week! I can barely come up for air. I started this blog thinking it would be about movement, work, centering, getting out there, moving forward, and now I find myself bogged down...oh yeah, and I forgot to take my meds today...will go get them right away after I write this. So sad and tragic about that Schuler woman - she was driving drunk and stoned and killed 10 people including herself. And then there's Bill Clinton working his magic in North Korea. Wow. But me? I am on the sidelines of the Pop Warner football field watching my nine-year old live out his hope and dream to be the running back. Dreams take all forms and come in all ages and sizes. It is important that they exist, dreams, that is. What is your dream? Or what are your dreams?