Peace at the end of a busy day...

my day off began with a very long todo list that included car in the shop, eye doctor appt and preparations for Elizabeth's 14th Birthday, but it also included a realy long walk with Misty and ended with a trip to Trader Joe's for my favorite wine and dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. yum!

Holding on and Letting go : November 2017

 and now we fall into December...
Bett Padgett   on Soundcloud
Christ's  dynamic and creative ideas and teachings:  "Man's ultimate destiny depends not on whether he can learn new lessons, or makes new discoveries and conquests but on his acceptance of the lesson taught to him close on to two thousand years ago." -Inscription at Rockefeller Center, NYC source
Dendrolatry : the worship of trees 
Empathy is the secret to most things in life - including magic" (530). ~ Shadow of Night 
Face your deepest fears so that you can work your magic freely..." (313). ~ Shadow of Night 
Gertrude Jekyll
He who worships at the shrine of brotherhood shall find his unity with his fellowman." The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2
"Joy is a divine multiplier." ~ The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2
"Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distance. That's not for human beings." ~ Rumi
"Life is teaming is just teaming with inspiration all about you." ~ The Gentleman from Heaven, Chapter 2
Opportunities abound to Optimize Our internal Operating systems
Qu’ils mangent de la brioche!” 
Raw Food for Life's Facebook post:
Silent Secret devotion.
 thank you, Alisa
"Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work." ~ Marianne Williamson
Veneration : great respect; reverence
Walk with God - live it quietly and rejoice in it. Rejoice silently when you feel God's presence... Worship is the wand of mastery." ~ The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2
eXercises in this little book at big: 
"Yin mellowness... Yang go time... balance" ~ Pedram Shojai, day 18 deceleration time the art of stopping time
"Zee signed. 'Denial is a powerful thing.' " p. 283 The Fifth Petal