malibumark

I write this while I am on the returning plane. Things are good, though a bit bitter sweet but love and appreciation are growing.I'm finding commonality with others in life, perhaps everyone to a...

The trip was good. I am at the airport now waiting to board.i'm thinking about the trip and getting to start taking care of myself and my life again.For some reason i thought about the social graces...

Hi guys,  things are going pretty good, lots to tell you about what’s happening. I realize this morning as I felt the strain of my crazy mind as I was walking along with a priest and then at a...

When nothing makes sense, just take it one step, one day at a time.This is the first time in a long time i haven’t been at service every day. It’s maybe an important‘workout’ for me to have....

Feeling so much at a loss. On my own right now in Athens. Just have to pump myself up. I don't know if it's culture shock or the lack of habit for being in a city and not a monastery. I'll meditate...

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6kmj5CG/She is amazing as is ‘the bard.’

WisdomAdopt the pace of nature: Her secret is patience.Ralph Waldo Emerson

I guess I'll leave room always for a measure of insecurity. I guess too I have a big trip coming up and that is fueling my mindset.got to be self responsible but also cut myself from slack. I may...

A few weekends ago, a hot air balloon hovered over our fields. It was the second one I’ve seen since being here. It would be fun to ride in one someday. Things are going well. I see how in the self...

The monastery is so peaceful. It's literally like the movie "Brigadoon."A separate kind of bubble of life. That being said it's taught me a lotprobably because of the peaceful, go at your own pace...

i've been noticing today, asking myself if I will ever have a love of my own.that being said - it seems something I am starved for most days that I am here.the gentleness and intimacy but challenge...

it's funny there were some things that were really good about todayand some things that weren't - over all I am still game!My Dad has said to me "It's about averages!" Couldn't agreewith him more!...