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Each new outrage sears
As they are designed to do
If you can’t watch, breathe
Week One of having a rapist and convicted felon in the White House has sent me back to meditation. I’m fortunate that my minister holds weekly online guided meditation for free. She talks for a bit and then we sit in shared silence, paying attention to our breathing, for about 30 minutes. When a thought pops in, I try to just notice it, then let it float away and return to my breath or mantra. The mantra I’ve been using is “Be Here Now.”
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“I’m fortunate that my minister holds weekly online guided meditation for free.” Oh, I’m going to have to find something like that. At this pace, I won’t survive the next four years. 😡🤣🤣🤣🤣😎
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It’s been a rough week 🤬
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Lots of thoughts. I feel you.
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Thank you Susan
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Wonderful that your minister holds a weekly online meditation. Holy cats, what a time we live in. Still haven’t returned to blogging. I’m thinking about expanding the blog to include something along the lines of “My Blue Life,” where I write about the everyday struggles of being a progressive in a regressive country. I don’t know. Somehow I just can’t see myself only writing about the joys of rural life, even though there are still many pleasures to be found.
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I hope you return to blogging and include your thoughts and challenges as a progressive and all the joyful rural life stuff too. If you lose a few followers who don’t like politics, so be it. How ‘bout that brave Bishop? Inspiring, right?
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Thanks so much! A combination of the two is what I am thinking. And you’re right. If I lose some readers, so be it.
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❤ This image looks so so much like the image I often have in mind for meditation. Still lake.
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Oh, I like it too! I think I asked WordPress free photo library for a picture of “peace” and I got this. I like the little camp at the side of the lake.
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