"Every person's learning about the world will be piecemeal - so it might as well be serendipitous and interest based."—Cally Brown
(original, on facebook)
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Piecemeal and serendipitous
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Closer to peace
We can't live in "how will I survive this?" time nor can we live well by pining for that past we've already lived through. The best way to get through must be to do a better thing. If a conscious thought about time passage comes, think of what will be an improvement, and make that choice, however tiny, however slight.
original writing, a bit longer, at Time is Inconsistent, June 2017
photo by Cass Kotrba
Avoiding regret, contributing joy...
time will flow as it will,
but we can move closer to peace.
photo by Cass Kotrba
Something looks like this:
flowers,
furnishing,
garden
Friday, July 31, 2020
Right here, again
Holly Dodd wrote a warm memory:
I am seven years old. I am sitting comfortably with a convenient, safe place to rest my face. Safe. On my father's lap . . . Knowing it is not only ok, but expected of me, to fall asleep. Right here where I already am. My dad will tuck me in when he is done holding me, and it will hardly be my business.
photo by Holly Dodd
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Here! Present.
Live in the moment, in the world where you are.
SandraDodd.com/reality
(I left a few words out, but restore them if you need them!)
photo by Karen James
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Thinking this way or that
I think in words. My husband thinks in patterns. So people think more of emotions or colors, or of biological needs.
When I don't know what something is, I can't think of it in words. Sometimes that will happen—one's usual mode or "setting" isn't available, or isn't working! Think about how you think.
Something can be beautiful even if you don't know what it is.
SandraDodd.com/mystery
photo by Nina Kvitka
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Knowledge / Acknowledge
In your home are homey things, and some were gifts, or were found, or inherited. In your kitchen, something was made by hand, or found in an attic, maybe. There might be a favorite bowl, or a cup with a story. We have one special spoon. I like the hand towels. I got tea for my birthday.
Who showed you how to scramble eggs? When did you learn to bake? What do you think about how to arrange your refrigerator?
Is there flexibility in there? Are there more reasons to laugh than to fear?
Be open to happy memories and gratitude for your knowledge and equipment.
photo by Holly Dodd (in the reflection) of Sandra (behind the spoon)
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P.S. If anything above brought up sad or stressful memories, consider rearranging the cabinet that contains the voices in your head. Here's help: SandraDodd.com/voices
Monday, July 27, 2020
Quick! They're gone!
SandraDodd.com/patience
photo by Ester Siroky
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