Fika

I made Kokostoppars and she brought the coffee.

There was a lot of catching up, a few tears,

then we cranked up AC/DC and danced uncontrolled & laughed

all the funk away. 

Quote nugget:

"If you are courageous enough to be yourself

in a world filled with the expectations of others,

you will live a life with more joy,

pleasure, and contentment 

(and a hell of a lot less regret)."

xoxo

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Homegirl

Today I'm a homegirl. Content with a cup of tea, my kiddo dropping in,

the rain moving in, a breeze on the front porch, 

a good book with a side of old friends.

Here's the quote from my course the other day:

"There is a line I have drawn over which I do not allow others to cross.

This line ensures me my uniqueness, autonomy and privacy.

I am able to be me the way I really am rather than the way

people want me to be by drawing this line.

By This line I let others know:

this is who I am and where I begin and you end:

this is who you are and where you begin and I end;

we will never cross over this line 

so that we can maintain a healthy relationship with one another."

~Lance Armstrong's Live Strong~

A little side note: I don't know how it happened that 

I really never knew about boundaries, except what I have learned for my profession.

  This last year they have been a thing.

  " ...how well or how poorly you regulate you

relationship with yourself"

Geez....I didn't even know having a relationship with myself

was a thing!

If you want to learn more about Boundaries too,

here are 

some great books that I've read:

Boundary Boss by Terri Cole (fav.)

How to Establish Boundaries by Patrick King

The Boundary is You by Chany G. Rosengarten

xoxo

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Accomplishment

I rocked a continuing ed. exam on Integrate Body, Mind and Spirit.

Turned on the A/C for the first time. 

I can breathe a little easier now.

Turned out there were some nice little quotes tucked into my course,

I'll share just a few:

" Smile, breath and go slowly-"

~Thich Nhat Hanh~

" Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them humanity can not survive."

~Dalai Lama~

"Happiness is not exclusively brought about by change

in outer circumstances.

Happiness often starts with the act 

of releasing attachment to thoughts."

" It's not a matter of letting go-

you would if you could.

Instead of 'Let it go' we should probably say

'Let it be' ."

~ Dr. John Kabat-Zinn~

" If it is not right, do not do it.

If it's not true, do not say it."

~Marcus Aurelius~

" The meaning of good and bad,

of better and worse,

is simply helping or hurting."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Love is at the root of what makes us sick, and what makes us well,

what causes sadness and what brings happiness,

what makes us suffer and what leads us to healing."

~Dr. Ornish

" Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's

physical, emotional and mental states".

~Carol Welch~

"Intellectuals solve problems;

geniuses prevent them."

~Albert Einstein

And then there was one on Boundaries.

I think I'll save that for my next post. 

xoxo

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Slow

I thought it would be a treat to relax for a while, 

being sickly wasn't exactly what I conjured up in my mind.

How fitting my word for the year (surrender) has been.

" The more you try to control something,

the more it controls you.

Free yourself and let things take

their own natural course."

xoxo

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