GANESH

My beautiful daughters really know me. They know what I like and what is special to me. On Christmas morning, I opened a package from both my daughters and inside was this Ganesh statue! I was instructed to close my eyes and just open. The moment I felt what was inside I got chills. I immediately knew it was Ganesh, waiting there inside hand-made rice paper tinted red, to remove all my obstacles. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I couldn't have asked for anything better or more appreciated.

HINDU PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE AND PEACE

Lead me from untruth to truth.

Lead me from darkness to light.

Lead me from death to immortality.

Om, peace peace peace.

(Peace be in all three realms: surroundings, body and mind)

THE ORDINARY ACTS WE PRACTICE EVERY DAY AT HOME ARE OF MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE SOUL THAN THEIR SIMPLICITY MIGHT SUGGEST.

Thomas More

If Life is a Game... These are the Rules Movie

If Life is a Game... These are the Rules Movie: Have you ever thought..."I wish life came with an instruction manual"? That's why the 10 Rules for Being Human are so important. They answer the fundamental question...What is the purpose of life?

In light of losing a childhood friend this December, losing a beloved Fire Chief on Christmas Eve and a blogger friend losing her father on that very same day, this came to me in my email box this morning. I found it so appropriate since I have been pondering "what is the purpose of this life if we have to lose someone we care about"? Life isn't easy to understand, that's for sure. But, questions always do seem to get answered if we just listen. And those mirrors that reflect in others what needs fixing in me? Yes, they exist. I am working on mine. Perhaps these rules will help someone else out there. I guess the trick is to really "see" what needs fixing. And to really see that it needs fixing! And then, to start fixing!! And why wait until the New Year to begin...start today, this second, this NOW.

THE HOLIDAYS

MY GIRLS

AND THEIR FAMILY

WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.

I WILL BE TAKING SOME TIME OFF TO SPEND WITH MY FAMILY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, TO PROCESS THE LOSS OF A FRIEND, AND TO GENERALLY UNWIND AND RECHARGE.

"ADOPT THE PACE OF NATURE; HER SECRET IS PATIENCE. SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NEED THE THINGS YOU "NEED" TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS, QUIET TIMES, FRIENDS, FAMILY".

AMISH PROVERB