malibumark

Things like this give me zen

I woke up this morning to the comfort of 'waking when I felt like it.'Really nice. Then the looming chore of cleaning up after Blue and cleaningthe room was in front of me. No big deal, but I saw...

I threw a load of laundry in the machine, came back to my room and cuddled with Blueand fed him. I ate a big bar of Dubai chocolate...really good and I found myself slippinginto brain freeze. I just...

don't be afraid you've done all your school work, and all the work around the house,you've done the work that was expected of you, god help, it's your turn now.let it all get subjective it’s just...

This is how it was for me in California. I loved it.——-Immanuel Kant was famously so punctual and consistent in his daily routine that people in Königsberg reportedly used his afternoon walk as...

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i've been thinking about a lot of thingsand I think the pressures put on me as a childto cover certain thingsreally impacted what I tend to perseverateon. I realize I have to start having my...

It’s wild, I’m getting in touch with my anxiety big time. I’m nearly always anxious and tired. I don’t 'work out' regularly because there’s so much mental healing going on and then the...

things are pretty good. I was behind the iconostasisserving today and I thought about how I had difficulty holdingonto my integrity at times. difficulty for being completelyearnest and sincere, and I...

living according to your own nature is importantbut it's also important to see the wisdom of the pathyou are charting and the choices you are making.living according to your own nature though is...

I wrote this to chat gpt just nowas it seemed my pattern again and again:I’m learning some stuff. I feel hurt and pain from interacting with others and yet moving forward nonetheless though the...

my friend Penny, who lives here at the monastery but is not a monastic,had a 3 year memorial for her sister - we all said prayers for her in church today.Then after lunch we went up to the graveyard...