Welcome and welcome back. While I am creating I spend less time being grumpy. It’s a blessing that’s easy to accept. Even as I smash these words, I am simply happy to be here. She and I tossed a couple titles back and forth and I thought …. Oh yes, I made a list once. Why don’t I share that? As far as I am concerned this information is more valuable than trading vacation trips to whatever enviable places, kitty pictures, or picture of what I had for breakfast. Popping to mind are thoughts on travel by Emerson, Twain, and Bourdain. I will add those particular thoughts elsewhere later. And, briefly for me, travel has more to do with gathering ideas than placing one’s body in different global locations. Dedicated to Donna B from the region I call Out East._________________________________________ AuthorsEmerson, Thoreau, Brautigan*, Krishnamurti,Castaneda, Black Elk, Lame Deer, Trungpa,Suzuki, Alan Watts, Lao Tzu, Tom Robbins,Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, George …Gurdieff, Ouspensky, Bukowski, Kerouac,Yogananda, Osho/Rajneesh, Bly and Bly,Martin Seligman, Russel Edson, Mattieu Ricard,Chopra, Dr. Seuss, Wendell Berry, Kabat-Zinn,Howard Zinn, Wes Nisker, Kubler-Ross,Mary Oliver, Anne Lamott, Annie Dillard,Julia Cameron, Natalie Goldberg.TitlesAs a Man Thinketh, Emerson’s Selected Essays,Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance;Archery; Making a Living, Siddhartha, Buddha Nature,Dancing Wu Li Masters, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism,Conversations with God, Genesis, Books of the Dead: Egyptian, Tibetan,A Course in Miracles, The Disappearance of the Universe, The Power of Story, Wherever You Go There You Are, Crazy Wisdom, Think, Flow, Happiness, and The Possibility of Everything*** Revised 2018(omg) Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond FearTara Brach - Radical AcceptanceAmy Cuddy - PresenceKelly McGonigal - Yoga for Pain ReliefRobert Lanza - BiocentrismNisargadatta Maharaj - I Am ThatJohann Hari - Lost ConnectionsBessel Van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the ScoreRichard Gordon - Quantum TouchBrené Brown - Braving the Wilderness - and moreJim Loehr, Tony Schwartz - The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time ...Martin Seligman - Flourish & Authentic Happiness - father of positive psychologyRichard Rohr - Falling Upward, a spirituality for the second half of lifeEllen Langer - On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful CreativityByron Katie - Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your LifeKen Cohen - The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing…I’d like to thank the Academy, cast and crew, andmom, if you’re out there. Thanks for reading to me.… * I wrote a title Suicide as Mentor for my early favorite poet Richard Brautigan. Take some time for your self. Perhaps a one-minute Joy Breath Meditation. Relax. (ha ha). Slow your breathing. Remember several moments of joy you have felt in your life until you can feel the joy as if it’s happening again in this very moment. Blessings to you!
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