More Wows

Birds

Wow

Dogs

Wow

Spiders

Wow

Tardigrades

Wow

Moss

Wow

Lilies

Wow

Sugar maples

Wow

The night sky

Wow

Sunrise

Wow

Water

Wow

Tides

Wow

Tuna

Wow

Tuna sandwiches

Wow

People

Wow!

The body

Wow!

DNA

Wow

Stem cells

Wow

Five senses

Wow

Children

Wow!

The spirit within

Wow!

Beliefs

Wow

Imagination

Wow!

Für Elise

Wow

Amazing Grace

Wow

Wheels

Wow

Engines

Wow

Landing on a comet

Wow

Doctors and nurses

Wow

Volunteers

Wow

Love

Wow!

Here

Wow!

Choices

Wow!

You

Wow!

Now

Wow!

Meditations

Breathe in WOW and

Breathe out fear.

Breathe in WOW and

Breathe out stress.

Breathe in WOW and

Breathe out anger.

Breathe in WOW and

Breathe out [you say what].

WOW!

Life: 
WOW!

Cultivating gratitude

In cultivating gratitude, peace and happiness, one powerful fertilizer is imagining travails that would make me long to have only the stresses and concerns I have today.

Values and commitment

Developing, questioning and reassessing one's values, and one's commitment to those values, is necessary and fundamental to high functioning as a person and citizen.
Bewilderment and doubt as to how to express and fulfill one's commitment to one's values is normal.  Clarity comes and goes - and comes again.
Distraction from expressing and fulfilling one's commitment to one's values is also normal - and in my case frequent.
Surrendering to bewilderment, doubt or distraction - giving up the commitment to expressing and fulfilling one's values or, worse, the hope behind that commitment - is tragic.

Easier or better?

Is my goal in life to having it be easier, less risky and more comfortable?
Or is my goal to have life be better, accepting difficulty, risk and discomfort as the price of growth, contribution to family, friends and society, and the fulfillment that can only come from such contributions?

February 1, 2015

Dear God, please help us to bear the travails, illnesses, pain and loss that seem to be all around us, often so close.
Today, this is the answer that comes to me:
Of course I will help you – the better for your asking for help.  
Travail, illnesses, pain, loss and eventually death are your birthright.  But so are your health, rest within measure, healing, comfort, many abilities and other gifts including the capacity to find peace in hard times.
As has been said, I have prepared a table before you in the presence of your enemies - including your spiritual enemies: fatigue, discouragement, despair, envy, hatred and fear.  You have all you need to bear what must be borne: your many gifts and your courage and love.