40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #11

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #11: We have so many art forms! Think about it. Here is a contemplation for today: 

"There is not a single true work of art that has not in the end added to the inner freedom of each person who has known and loved it." -Albert Camus

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #10

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #10: Thanks to the internet and related technologies, no longer do people have to climb to the top of a mountain of business to share a funny little show:

 

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #9

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #9: Pocket Parks!

Listen/Read: NPR: Pocket Parks Start Popping Up All Over LA

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #8-A

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #8-A: (woops, I made two number 8s!) When we're patient and observant, we can find out really neat stuff:

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #8

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #8: Take a moment to appreciate the building blocks of life, whether they be amino acids, proteins, or legos:



Lego Dance by Annette Jung from Talking Animals on Vimeo.

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #7

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #7: Every thought, rushing, careening, crashing nagging vying for attention and even forgetting what they want can be allowed to rest from time to time. It's a luxury to enjoy some moments with only the responsibility of breathing.  I love this meditation from the Center for Mindfulness in Fresno, California. Lori Granger:

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #6

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #6: We can face hard realities, even the problems we've created for ourselves out of short sighted fascination with how clever we might be. We can admit our mistakes, seek balance, and begin any mad creative scientific or spiritual scramble possible begin to UNDO UNDO UNDO!!!!  Method cleaning products company is using plastic recycled from the Giant Pacific Garbage Patch to draw attention to how dire it is that we stop throwing plastic "away".

http://methodhome.com/ocean-plastic/

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #5

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #5: Logic helps us make sure facts add up properly.

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #4

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #4: We can always reconsider:

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #3

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #3: Of course there is such a thing as "try." It's on the way to being able to "do."

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #2

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #2: We can take matters into our own hands and accept help at the same time: 

Slow: Present Moment Passing

Tired may call for

a variety of responses:

a nap, a walk, a bird that sings

and as you listen

the sky gets more blue

and the trees more green

as your soul comes to you

then a melody to mind

and a knot may unwind

and a burden unbind

a notion

like an ocean

lets a wave

come to shore

to chill your toes to wiggle

and rush refreshment through your bones

and along with it the present

interrupts the complexity of frayed nerves' machination

and thusly in this instance

begins

rejuvenation.

40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better, #1:

Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday have come and gone, that means today is the start of another installment of "40 Days of Posts that Make Life Better" (Sundays excluded, as is with Lent). 

Post #1: Sometimes you go outside and surprise: you get to see the blimp!