Forward Focus - end of October 2016

"As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” ~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

Butterfly Tree
Collard greens plus pumpkin seeds plus grass fed butter = yum!
Doing things that create good ripples

"Enjoy the balance" ~ Michelle Obama rules for success #8 watch video here

Grow your Gifts

"Have fun!" ~ Michelle Obama rules for success #10 watch video here

"I was wondering when I would run into you here." ~ Beth Wallace about me at the garden

Joy of balancing what must be done with what I want to do and also resting

Knights and Dragons playing in peace  thanks for sharing this Greg :)

Loving the feeling of freedom from purging old journals and keeping on the the very special gems.

 yes, I bought some.

Oh, oh, Oh! the sweet scent of  sweet osmanthus on campus is divine

Phenomenon (1996) with John Travolta is one of my favorite movies of all time.

"Quest for Love" by Jewel - first "discovered" while watching Arthur and the Incredibles 9/2010

Rapscallion : a mischievous person.

"Sky and Trees" by me

Temperance: moderation or self-restraint, especially in eating and drinking.

Unconditional love, unflinching sacrifice..." ~ Michelle Obama speech here

Volunteers on a Saturday morning at the Three Sisters Community Garden

 photo by Meredith O'Dekirk

"Watching my father Wake up with a smile..." ~ Michelle Obama speech here
eXudes freedom" ~ a friend said this about the picture Liz took of me dancing in the rain

"You pulled me like the moon / Pulls on the tide / You know just where I keep my better side..." ~ Richard Thompson and Bonnie Raitt "Dimming of the Day" video

Zaragoza is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain, and a salvia :) Salvia microphylla `Zaragoza'

October Skies and solid progress

“A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.” ~ François Rabelais

Beautiful, quiet, Friday afternoon on campus

“Children are not coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.” ~ Khaled Hosseini

Deepak Chopra : "The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are one of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything."

Elizabeth Warren, at Meredith College. That was cool.

"Friendship is every bit as sacred and eternal as marriage." ~ Katherine Mansfield

Great Green I love the light this time of year

How can I tell you / That I love you, I love you / But I can't think of right words to say." ~ Cat Stevens

“II tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” ~ Mary Oliver

Kite Runner quote: 'Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.' - This quote was by Rahim Khan, a friend of Baba." ~ Khaled Hosseini

 "Life, Love, Peace, and Joy!" photo by Liz Yaros

Misty in the garden
Nancy Law : "I see a heart that is breaking."

Open Heart Oct 21, 2015

Pineapple Plant

Quagmire: an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.

"Read, be conscious of what you have inside. That is my conviction. We are made to be happy, strong, and healthy." ~ Wim Hof

Sunrise, Oct 6, 2016 in our neighborhood:

"The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.” ~ Joanna Macy

"...[U]niverse presents you with an opportunity to rise to your potential." p. 8 Endless Practice by Mark Nepo

Vision : create and recreat one and stay focused on it DAILY

Wim Hof interview LondonReal video

eXplore, research, have fun!

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” ~ Rumi

October 21st through 23rd 2016

"Allow the past to die so that you can live in the moment." ~ Deepak Chopra, Day 17 of Perfect Health

Bill Harris on Bulletproof Radio podcast # 186 from Jan 6, 2015

Creativity improvement : "you naturally and automatically can access a theta state" ~ Bill Harris

"Do what makes you happy! That's how I get my buzz, from the ...

ENERGY!!" ~ Angela Deeds 10/21/10

Froggie reminders :)  from Budda Groove

 from Master Shift

Hacking Meditation with Holosync – #186 Bulletproof Radio

“I tell you this to break your heart, by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world.” ~ Mary Oliver

John O'Donohue  Photo: © Ann Cahill

Kali aspect of your Shakti : "The process of being led to the light, of waking up as so many of us like to say, is not simply becoming more luminous... It is also the process of getting very intimate with the dark, ravenous, insatiable heaviness inside of you." ~ Uplift: The Darkside of Being Light

May all that is unforgiven in you / Be released / May your fears yield / Their deepest tranquilities  May all that is unlived in you / Blossom into a future / Graced with love." ~ John O'Donohue

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you for sharing this, John Morgan

Ouroboros: 

Pretty Pinks

Quality time with friends  at...

Roller Derby with Rippi Longstocking 
Saturday night fun

Thank you, Carmen!!

Violet is now 6 months old xo 

"What if" by Meghan Natifa Kerr

What if we all held each other like brothers and sisters with this level of tenderness, nurturing, and love?
'Aha' eXperience, where you put something together in a new way and suddenly go, 'Oh, I get it.' ...
You actually learn something; you have an insight and so on." ~ Bill Harris

ziva MIND popped up again. 

Sunday, October 16 through early am Oct 19th

Anthroposophy : a formal educational, therapeutic, and creative system established by Rudolf Steiner, seeking to use mainly natural means to optimize physical and mental health and well-being.

Beautiful Bok Choy

Creativity is our highest nature.

Done with Doctors

E is for eggplant

F is for Flax Flower 

Great courage is needed to face reality

Hallmark of personal development is the ability to face reality, to live in reality." Dr. Mark Atkinson

“In the midst of our lives, we must find the magic that makes our souls soar.” ~ Evelyn Beilenson
Julie's Birthday - right between Kerry's and Sue's : lots of love xoxoxo

Kalapas are like tiny particles or wavelets that are arising and passing away trillions of times per second. ~ The Buddha's term for the primary substance

Marianne Williamson: October 18, 2016: "At a time during which the world seems to be falling apart, the antidote to global chaos is a critical mass of people within whom the unintegrated fractals of life are finally coming together. This collective mutation, this alternative to the maladaptive behavior of our species, is appearing out of the mists even
Now. And from this ragamuffin, international smattering of souls groping however clumsily for enlightenment, there is emerging a forcefield of love so powerful and lasting that hatred itself will fall away in its presence. It is a light that when having attained full brightness, will shine away all darkness from the world.
Our task is to assume this, stand on this, and add to this, with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our might. The light is here because it is always here, but we must be its lamps."

Primordial Spiral  Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds Part 2

"Quiet your own mind. Only then you will observe these things first within yourself." ~ Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds Part 2

Romanesco broccoli  about 7:59 min into Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds Part 2

Saturday evening out with friends...

 The Cary Theater.

Unusual, but fun!
Venus transit - so cool... 

When you observe a plant growing in time-lapse video you witness it dancing with the spiral of life.

The ancient spirals symbolize growth, eXpansion and cosmic energy embodied within the sun and the heavens.

Yin yang symbol represents the inter-penetration of the spiral forces of nature.

 Thank you, Zen Mama

Saturday to Saturday, Oct 8 thru 15, 2016

“A happy ending isn't really the end. It's just the place where you choose to stop telling the story.” ~ Leah Stewart, The Myth of You and Me

"Beat of the Heart" by Woman Rising

"Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Close... your... eyes. You're safe. You can relax... He's gonna be so sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past. Forget the pain. And remember what an incredible woman you are." ~ The Wedding Date

 thank you, Pamela

"Found this funky dude hitching a ride on my car this morning!" 

 #funkybug by ~ Charlotte Claypoole McKinney

Hurricane Matthew

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle

 thanks for the nudge, Antoinette :)

Jaboticaba 

Kat Ellis: Holy crap. You're worth every penny." ~ The Wedding Date

MOLLY’S CAULIFLOWER SHAWARMA TACOS

Nada Brahma : "The Sound of God" or "Sound is God" - Not exclusively Hindu 

Oct 22 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Party AND Roller Derby? Perhaps...

~ image by Juliana Nan

"Please know that often what feels like the end of the world is simply a challenging pathway to a far better place. ~ Karen Salmansohn 

Rumi quote: “My face is that of autumn / yours that of spring / My face is like a thorn and / yours like a rose / Unless these two come together / a flower cannot be formed / In first glance, rose and thorns / don’t look anything alike / But look at them through my eyes / and you will laugh at this / secret garden of joy.” 

"Sadness is but a wall between two gardens." ~ Kahlil Gibran

 Thank you, Maura

"Use what we have and are passionate about to help others." ~ Donna Coletrane Battle

Vedic principle of  Vibrations : Nada Brahma 

"eXplore the one vibratory source that eXtends through all things" ~ Inner World, Outer Worlds

"You brighten my day." ~ a sticky note someone gave me years ago, found in an old journal

 and "Zoodles"? perhaps...