Sweetness of Good Things

Yes I've taken a blog break. 

One might think, your child is away at school and you must be feeing the "empty nest syndrome". 

Not so, as many things dwell in the invisible. 

I found my forgotten youtube channel!

I haven't posted in 15 years. Right now blogger is working for me and I'll begin working on youtube over New Year's holiday.

I am working with a beginner mind (shoshin) and starting fresh with my inner most self .

Keeping warm as our cat sits on my lap or maybe I'm keeping the cat warm.  

Well if you don't get started it will never get done. 

I am soooo grateful that Morgan graduated college with high honors-proof that you can send a child away and still achieve a 3.9

I am grateful that she was accepted to one of the best engineering architecture schools in  Milan Italy for the masters program.

What have I've been doing? 

I mediate to wake up from drama, politics, war, etc. 

I use Transcendental Meditation  (visit https://www.tm.org for more information) 2x a day for 20 minutes and a three minute cool down.  

My increased focus and stress reduction is the reason why I meditate, it is a gift I give to myself. 

I have started Duolingo, I began with Spanish I'm now toying with the idea of Italian. 

What else have I been doing? 

Walking, not hiking just walking along a flat path by the bay. Not one hour walks 30ish minutes of looking at nature and the miracle of life.

Actually I should get on my stay put exercise bike since I didn't get to walk outside due to blogging.

Reminding myself that kindness goes a long way, it gives people a reason to believe goodness still exists. 

I remember to be kind to myself, take a break when I'm tired that doing nothing is doing something, forgive myself when I make a mistake, watch a funny movie when I'm feeling low.

As 2025 ends I'm looking forward to 2026 with people working together, helping one another, staying in Faith and away from Fear.

December 29, 2025