Cute town in Spain

Old village close to the sea...

Deia

Beautiful!

stillness

It's been a long time since I've been able to fall so deep
with the heavy breath
the body sinking with every exhale

deeper
deeper
deeper

to feel myself connected to others through breath
and sweat
to struggle and succumb
to contract and expand
to find freedom within the tension
to soften into it
and let it slide away like soap dissolving grease

feeling my heart beat throughout my body
head to toes
and
through the floor

connecting with the pulse of earth and the energy of animation

what makes us

alive

Love and Peace

It seems so cliche to say it but it is all that is true.
What the world needs now, what we all need now, in our hearts and in our minds
is love and peace

can you dig it?

tomorrow

Half assed
Back broken
Need rest
Softly pleasing
Inevitably ugly
Understandably disappointing
Another try
Another day gone by
Without you
Without you

When will you live?
When will you truly live?

Non attachment

And then there’s you...

I've got some nic-knacks

After returning from Thailand, Bhutan and India I have this really impressive collection of nic-knacks. Oh, dread, I didn't think I was one of "those.
There is a mini prayer wheel, because I have to now spin my prayers as well as recite them out loud and under my breath;
A bronze buddha with his hands over his mouth, "speak no evil" he tells me. This goes with my new concept I am trying out called,
"Be Nice." I have imagined that I have tattooed those words on the inside of my left hand, and when I want to be bitchy or sarcastic, I look there, and sometimes, I hold my tongue. Less apologizing, so I think it is working.
Third, there is Ganesha, the Himdu God/ess of Good luck/fortune; I figured I could use that.

The other stuff is still shackled in wrapped newspaper:

Sayings by The Dalai Lama, a lotus candle holder, hand woven scarfs, silk scarfs, carvings, statues, a key chain, mala beads and necklaces... just as much as I could fit in my suitcase.

Now what?

Christmas