Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Blessings, Always, Blessings
.....and you never know when they are coming or where they are hiding, right? If you can only relax enough not to speed through life, relax enough not to miss the journey, you can find blessings, true and useful blessings, everywhere around you, and this seems to be what is happening for me right now....and I am grateful for this time.
This 2nd Week of the Commit to Sit Meditation i am doing has me meditating a great deal on my body, and hand in hand with that, I have begun to watch carefully how and what I eat and what it all does to this body of mine....I've also begun to regularly walk and stretch, and I feel so good as a result of all of this that I feel it all like a sort of vacation from the old tired me, and a pleasure cruise into the new and future me....feels so good.
Reading up on how food actually fuels the body, I am learning that as long as I try to muscle my way through a diet, pit my ever-hungry self against the chemically motivated physical self, I will always lose...because chemistry is stronger than I am or more powerful than my will pwer could ever hope to be. But if I eat the right foods at the right times, use chemistry instead of abuse it, then my journey toward health and away from the french fries will be an easier one...for instance: eating steamed veggies (with olive oil and cinnamon and red pepper on them...a new trick i've recently read about) and a small baked potato fills me with so much fiber that late-night cravings totally disappear...this, coupled with my regular meditation practice, has made sleeping so much sweeter and more restful...and I have easily adhered to the rule: no chowing down starting at three hours before bedtime, so going to bed early helps too! And right now, I have the time to do just that. Shop for fresh foods, go to bed early, meditate regularly two times a day ,including one walking meditation...and exercise at my own pace! It is all adding up to a blessedly good time, one that I am truly enjoying, and plan to continue.
I would say, in many ways, on many levels , that this a cross-roads time for me, for Peter, and for us as a couple...a re-definition of my goals, his goals, our goals....a true looking at how we want our lives to be...and the sheer fact of our 25-year age difference makes this an interesting investigation for us both. His love and loyalty are blessings in themselves, and I treasure them deeply. Clearly, there are reasons, karmic and spiritual, that he and i were fated to be together, and this is one of those times we are looking at all that. Deeply interesting.
Go a sweet email from Greg McMillan , one of our old Abingdon pals, and it was so good to hear from him. Thanks Greg! Made me home-sick for the place....oh well....maybe we can get down there this summer to see OLIVER or something....that would be fun....I am doing that I MARRIED WYATT EARP musical reading in July (revisiting an old project that has some wonderful music by old school chum Michelle Brourman) and of course the teaching i am so enjoying in my private studio....but my mantra for the summer? "Grow, enjoy, learn and grow some more"....with plenty of healthy relaxation lacing the mix! Blessings indeed. I love meditating.
This 2nd Week of the Commit to Sit Meditation i am doing has me meditating a great deal on my body, and hand in hand with that, I have begun to watch carefully how and what I eat and what it all does to this body of mine....I've also begun to regularly walk and stretch, and I feel so good as a result of all of this that I feel it all like a sort of vacation from the old tired me, and a pleasure cruise into the new and future me....feels so good.
Reading up on how food actually fuels the body, I am learning that as long as I try to muscle my way through a diet, pit my ever-hungry self against the chemically motivated physical self, I will always lose...because chemistry is stronger than I am or more powerful than my will pwer could ever hope to be. But if I eat the right foods at the right times, use chemistry instead of abuse it, then my journey toward health and away from the french fries will be an easier one...for instance: eating steamed veggies (with olive oil and cinnamon and red pepper on them...a new trick i've recently read about) and a small baked potato fills me with so much fiber that late-night cravings totally disappear...this, coupled with my regular meditation practice, has made sleeping so much sweeter and more restful...and I have easily adhered to the rule: no chowing down starting at three hours before bedtime, so going to bed early helps too! And right now, I have the time to do just that. Shop for fresh foods, go to bed early, meditate regularly two times a day ,including one walking meditation...and exercise at my own pace! It is all adding up to a blessedly good time, one that I am truly enjoying, and plan to continue.
I would say, in many ways, on many levels , that this a cross-roads time for me, for Peter, and for us as a couple...a re-definition of my goals, his goals, our goals....a true looking at how we want our lives to be...and the sheer fact of our 25-year age difference makes this an interesting investigation for us both. His love and loyalty are blessings in themselves, and I treasure them deeply. Clearly, there are reasons, karmic and spiritual, that he and i were fated to be together, and this is one of those times we are looking at all that. Deeply interesting.
Go a sweet email from Greg McMillan , one of our old Abingdon pals, and it was so good to hear from him. Thanks Greg! Made me home-sick for the place....oh well....maybe we can get down there this summer to see OLIVER or something....that would be fun....I am doing that I MARRIED WYATT EARP musical reading in July (revisiting an old project that has some wonderful music by old school chum Michelle Brourman) and of course the teaching i am so enjoying in my private studio....but my mantra for the summer? "Grow, enjoy, learn and grow some more"....with plenty of healthy relaxation lacing the mix! Blessings indeed. I love meditating.
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