malibumark

My connection with you guys here, and the contact thatsocial media has offered me as well, have both beena god send and health giving.I'm at a point though where I need to make 'in person' friendsand...

well oh! A different topic for me eh?!! : lolbut seriously I wanted to say that today I felt very separate from my family - in a adult sense - but lovingtowards them. I feel like an adult. I am self...

Prayers for my friends! Hope and encouragement!

I think I am learning the importance of understanding our experience but also our commonality To weigh both things. So that when I  see the pretty houses while driving and swoon in fantasies about...

 Good things are happening here. Committing to this life is teaching me about getting on with the work in front of me and that I like it enough to let down self imposed boundaries though each day...

i woke up this morning to get ready for work.I work an early shift today - looking forward to it.But I started asking pesky questions.You guys are the first ones - besides Blue that I am relating...

it seems every day is providing new things to like about the monastic life - and new thingsto feel ambivalent over - sort of in a way - does that make sense?- I just feel so grateful to be able to...

With all the rain and humidity, we now have a plethora of flies. Blue is involved with entertainment at last! It’s great!!

I was in chapel just now and I kept falling asleep I thought about the fact that it’s early morning we’re all are really tired, so I straightened up a few times after nodding off. I thought...

I don't know how to think about this.I was basically a good soldiertoday - I got the work done - which was a lot extra todaybecause the 1st shift person did not show up.I stayed a little late to get...

Well, it's 715p on a Sunday night.Today was a day off from work, but it was a day full of chapel dutiesand a trip to my fav pub. Then back home for kitchen chores and meal prepand then chapel service...

This morning I woke up at a dazzling 830am. So nice!I showered, got dressed, made the bed, kissed Blue and came down to chapel for coffee.I felt a mental question mark about where I’m going in...

i had some stressors recently that I think have caused somedizziness and run down feelings. I think I just need to eat and rest.I am in my room with Blue and I am alone - and I have to say beingsick...

am I coasting through life? and is it passing me by?life is so short - and I find myself starting to be aware of howI am quite comfortable these days and time is passing....I have my routine and I am...

I just read a quote from Arnold Schwarzenegger. He had surgery and is now back at the gym. He said “comebacks are a part of life”