Weeklong Gluten-free and Dairy-free Menu for Guests (with Recipe Links)
It sure does work great to have a plan and work your plan, so you can spend your mental energy on being present for your company, knowing their needs will be met.
Mindfulness
Philippians 4:8-9 (from Message Version of the Bible)
Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized.
Blog Resources for Self Care
I hope you prioritize meeting your own needs. There is only one you and this is first and foremost, your job. You are worth it and deserve it.
Infinite Supply vs. Effort (Deep Think #31)
It is not about work or making anything true, but rather, noticing, accepting, and practicing receptivity and gratitude for what already is true. We can do that!
Drinking Nature In (New Poem by Polly Castor)
So grateful to be sitting here drinking nature in, like electrolytes for my soul…
Your Own Devout Attention (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Since conscious attention is what it means to be human, what do we spend that precious resource on?
Creation Counteracts Entropy (Quote by Annie Dillard)
We are here to witness the creation and abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed.
Four Questions to Ask Each Sunday
Four questions. One page. Fifteen minutes. You will start Monday knowing something most people spend the whole week avoiding.
You’re the Result of Yourself (Poem by Pablo Neruda)
Don’t blame anyone, never complain of anyone or anything. Because basically you have made of your life what you wanted.
Drawing Brings Connectedness (Quote by by Frederick Franck)
I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have not seen
Grace Notes #63 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Listen (Poem by Barbara Crooker)
I want to tell you something. This morning is bright after all the steady rain, and every iris, peony, rose, opens its mouth, rejoicing.
Audition Your Thoughts (New poem by Polly Castor)
You are not your thoughts, and not all thoughts are true or helpful, or even your own. You are not their originator but rather, their arbiter.
Brimfield Antique Flea Market (Photos and Finds)
We were there walking from booth to booth from 10 am until 4pm– over 10,000 steps– and my husband doesn’t even think we saw half of it. There were probably literally a thousand vendors.
Neither Hot Nor Cold (Spiritual Short about Indifference)
We usually think of hate as the opposite of love, or fear as the opposite of love, but recently my sister mentioned indifference as the opposite of love.
Do We Perceive Everything? (Alan Kay Quote)
A frog’s brain is set up to recognize food as moving objects that are oblong in shape. So if we take a frog’s normal food — flies — paralyze them with a little chloroform and put them in front of the frog, it will not notice them or try to eat them.