Breathing

In the midst of this reset, at times I find myself holding my breath as if in panic and fear. When I bring attention to it, these words by Thich Nhat Hanh from “Breathing Like A Mountain” appear in my mind as I start to breathe:

Breathing In I see myself as a Flower, Breathing Out I feel fresh; Breathing In I see myself as a Mountain, Breathing Out I feel solid; Breathing In I see myself as a Still Lake, Breathing Out I reflect things as they are; Breathing In I see myself as Blue Sky, Breathing Out I feel free; I have arrived, I am home, in the island of My Self.

Reset Corroboration

I just read this compelling, albeit very long, essay: https://charleseisenstein.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files/The-Coronation-by-Charles-Eisenstein.pdf

Towards the end he states, “As Rebecca Solnit describes in her marvelous book, A Paradise Built in Hell, disaster often liberates solidarity. A more beautiful world shimmers just beneath the surface, bobbing up whenever the systems that hold it underwater loosen their grip.

For a long time we, as a collective, have stood helpless in the face of an ever-sickening society. Whether it is declining health, decaying infrastructure, depression, suicide, addiction, ecological degradation, or concentration of wealth, the symptoms of civilizational malaise in the developed world are plain to see, but we have been stuck in the systems and patterns that cause them. Now, Covid has gifted us a reset.”

Shackles And Gold

RESET

COVID is presenting this to each of us and the collective.

Wait Just A Minute

Seriously, what timing and how about ratifying the ERA first?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/women-military-draft-selective-service.html?auth=login-email&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_NN_p_20200325&instance_id=17048&login=email&nl=morning-briefing&regi_id=118638858&section=whatElse&segment_id=22795&te=1&user_id=b39e253687ae1075ebfb51905df4363d

Humor In The Mix

Passing the time with laughter:

Onward

Last night my son and I watched this new Pixar movie. A chosen reprieve from the news, it was perfect and just what the doctor ordered! It’s about two teenage elf brothers on a quest to discover if magic is still left in the world. Packed with vibrant color, adventure, acknowledgment of the human connection and life’s complexities, it is indeed magical. Happily, Onward provided a peppy start to week #3 in isolation.

Pink Gummies:

Swirl 2 Again

Earth Hour Tonight

From 8:30-9:30PM “some parts of the world will go dark.” Project Planet, CNN

Auspiciousness will be in the air!

Auspiciousness

A friend posted a photo of a double rainbow outside her window with the caption, “AHH! Still double rainbows in the sky! Auspiciousness in the air….from inside out.”

Admittedly, I had to refer to the dictionary for the meaning of this word.