Improving Our Lives: Having Presence, Overcoming Fear 11/30/20

      We can develop our patience.  Even if we already have plenty.  Patience improves when leaning into the negative circumstances we face. 

      This is being present.  We become situational surfers. No matter what circumstantial waves

A Healthy Perspective That Brings Healing, Wholeness, and Self-Acceptance ...................11/29/20

"I am a perfect hu-man being, I'm not a perfect God."

   What a relief, this sen-tence. My father suffered from the disease of per-fectionism. I did not know

Thanks Following Thanksgiving Day 11/28/20

Today's Gratitudes

1.  I spent time with a friend.  Today, we enjoyed the Califor-nia coast.  Our con-versation was authentic---there was no pretense.  

     We were trans-parent with each

The Central Day for This Inn---Blessings to Each of You!............. 11/26/20

   Happy Thanks-giving everyone.  Many suffer from worry. Multitudes endure the crip-pling power of depression.  

    Frustration, self-loathing is the plight of many.

    An Attitude of Gratitude coun-teracts these ills. Today is the cen-tral day of this inn.  May this Thanksgiving Day be your best.

      
     Cherishing loved ones, counting our blessings are

The Self-Torture of Interpretations and Conclusions 11/25/20

      This morning I spoke with someone I've known for several years.   He interrupt-ed me.  I told him I didn't like it. 

     "Well, I was answering what you wanted to know," he said. 

     Sounds reasonable, does it not?  It isn't.  Even if he was right about his assump-tions he was wrong. 

      Interrupting declares

Staying True to Our Values, Despite Pressures from Others ............. 11/19/20

          Sunday, I was chal-lenged, emotionally.  Three people banged upon my ser-enity, with urgent text messa-ges.  They wanted to rent big swaths of territory within my mind.  Each presented prob-lems they desired to add to my life. 

        We do not want that to happen. 

What Fun! ........... 11/15/20

   
    I had a blast!

    I spent nine hours at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, putting my car through its paces.  I and eleven others in the driving class were taught principles that will enhance how we will handle our cars. 

    With my helmet strapped

A Wnning Attitude................... 11/9/20

     Complaining is easy.  So is judging others.  It also usual-ly requires little effort being harsh towards ourselves.

     Better, is focusing on what we can do to make our lives more

Having Fun, Laying Down Boundaries When Someone Does Not Want to Grow.............. ...................11/8/20

   

Not today

     I'm glad I'm writing again.  

     My two laptops are dead, still.  Today, I bought a touchpad.  It is wonderful, using a keyboard.  

     It is easier than writing with my phone which was used for my last two posts.  That was a labor of