Bell Gathas (Verses)

Verse for Inviting the Bell
Body, speech, and mind, held in perfect oneness–
I send my heart along with the sound of the bell.
May the hearers awaken from forgetfulness
and transform all anxiety and sorrow.

Verse upon Hearing the Bell
Listen, listen,

this wonderful sound

brings me back to my true home.

Read More Non Fiction

Start with Malcolm Gladwell.

Change Decor to Spring!

Do Not Be Powerless

Finish Rakusu

Celebrate PI Day

or just eat one.

Use Anger for Positive Change

OK, I see it now.

Indulging anger includes stuffing it in and letting it fester and turn into resentment and hatred.

I need to USE my anger instead of it using me.  (I guess I did learn this from my mother after all.)

Remember Dad

Try Metta Meditation

Make a Zagu for Mike

So, I'll be going to Marcus's Tomorrow to work on Mike's Okesa for his April ceremony and I'm sure that they haven't done the Zagu. So, I'll do it.  Probably haven't thought about the envelope either.

Scan Important Documents

Know Which End Is Up

Try Kindness When Fondness Fails

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Register with Hands On Atlanta Teams

http://www.handsonatlanta.org/HOC__Volunteer_Opportunity_Details_Page?id=a0CA000000DLwHOMA1

Walk

OK, I've written this down and that means I WILL DO IT.

Add My Projects to ravelry.com

Get New Crochet Patterns

My old favorite pattern I've made two of: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sea-shells-scarf-crochet-2008-scarf-for-60-day-challenge

I just found this new one which seems nice: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crochet-heart-scarf although the print is incredibly small so I guess I'll need to blow it up!

Be a Locksmith

OK, I would just call one, but the spouse thinks he should be able to do it (except he can't due to MS) so he thinks I will.

Revisit February

Leap a Day

This is leap day and I'm going to just leap it.

It seems to be getting harder to find wonderful things to resolve. Which may mean I'm getting lazy. I'm making a lot of progress on the shredding and clutter removal. Less on others.

Anyhow. Today I LEAP.

Be Insane

See an Elder Care Attorney

Slow The Horse Down

Do Something For Which My Future Self Will Thank Me

Be Very Gentle With Myself!

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

Be Worthy

Recruit for May Retreat

Put My Foot in My Mouth

...and never be forgiven.

Finish Taxes in February

Figure Out What I'm Not Not Seeing

Pickup The Trash

Question

Hide The Filing Cabinet

The industrial look for my office/my room is over!

Filing cabinet hiding in the closet where he belongs.

Improve Lighting

Understand Impatience

Understand impatience in myself and in others who depend on me.

Get a Bagel Slicer

Pre-Retreat Checklist

• Bring portable printer
• Print meal chants
• Create yoga program
• Read distributed materials
• 
  

Organize CDs

Go go IKEA

Laugh at Myself (a lot)

Organize Yarn

Don't Be Old

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curiouschildren before the Great Mystery into which we were born.

Albert Einstein

Let's Get Together And Feel Alright

Awaken My Life

Look Afresh at What I Take For Granted

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Get New Shoes

Eliminate The Non-Essentials

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. -- Lin Yutang

Assess January

Install Reminder Board

Wow. I actually did this one on 2/3/12!

Get New Glasses

No way my glasses are cheap - very nearsighted with reading correction and I wear the good progressives. But why does it need to take three hours at the eye doctor and have my eyes screwed up the whole day? I hope I don't hate the new glasses as much as the current ones. The narrow frames are popular and they just don't work right with someone who has severe myopia and presbyopia.

I do hope that hubby will be pleased with his too. Last summer he fell out of his wheelchair onto the driveway (twice - in exactly the same way) and scratched and mangled his glasses quite well (not to mention his face). You would think it was my fault by the way he tells the story and complains about the my failure to tote him to the eye doctor to get them fixed. We needed to wait until 2012 to do it so the insurance would pay for new frames.

In any case, I will need to report back on how the new ones do.

Finish Dharma Talk by Friday

Learn How To Walk The Cat

See More Wild Turkeys

Understand to Simplify

Let More Sun In

Call Mom

Give More Treats

Maintain Smoke Detectors!

The house three doors down was on fire!

Protect Myself, but not My Ego

Celebrate Anachronism!

This is a 1970's era instant camera which used rather expensive film and made exactly one print and required a bit of hassle (timing, spreading developer fluid). The picture of it was taken with an Android phone (a rather cheap one at that), which can make manifest the image anywhere in the world (and probably most of space eventually).

The 15 year-old portable printer works (with new ink). For some reason I bought a lifetime supply of ink 15 years ago so I hope the printer keeps working.

The 20 year-old portable cassette player (with new batteries) plays a cassette of 40 year-old music (which still also works).

Rearrange and Inflate Bookshelves

BEFORE

Way down at the end you can almost see a really nice antique bookcase that belonged to my grandfather. I must have been on drugs when we put in the new bookcases because they obscure the good bookcase in the corner. They also have only 4 shelves for a 7' case which is a huge waste of space since it is much higher than the books. It has been this way for 15 years and I'm finally fed up!  Can you believe that the shelf at the end is 2" narrower than the others so every shelf will have to move, So I have to empty them all out (not to mention cleaning up the table in front of them) and move every single one.

Before - corner view

The rest of the feng-shui in here sucks too, but that will wait! Anyhow, Whitaker is totally freaked out since she thinks that this is her room and she doesn't like change much (or at all).

I live in a world of wonders: today I will notice and appreciate it's amazing beauty and order.

Remove The Ugly Shrubbery

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” ~Martin Luther King Jr~

Take Care With Unsolicited Advice

Be A Plumber

Take Only My Share

Check Back in Three Months

Don't Repair The Past

Divide Some Daffodils After They Bloom

January 26, 2012!

Find Suryanamaskar

I was never that good (nor my cats), but before my surgery in 2004 I was teaching power yoga (astangha) and in really good shape (not just for my age). It turns out that it is a form of exercise that I like, as well as being very effective for what I need (especially for balance and control problems from my MS). It seems, however, that every time I try to get back into shape with it something happens to stop it. Especially since I prefer to do it in a class and there is just no way I can keep up with the youngsters anymore.

So, I'm starting with one Suryanamaskara (sun salutation) a day and not worrying anything more.

Fix the convertible.

Cherish Minor Favors

Ignore Minor Irritations

Let People Be Disappointed

Throw useless things away.

Tell that to people you love.

Listen to people who make sense - especially when they don't have a dog in the hunt.

Meditate More Better