Running

For the longest time I said that I wouldn't be a runner.

(My left knee still sometimes talks to me in the language of a previous injury. My right knee compensates and translates!)

So, I said that I wouldn't run unless something (like a bear) was chasing me. I have many friends who run, and I confidently kept saying that running wasn't going to be my thing. Ever.

Only 2 weeks ago suddenly I had an urge to run... I went with it, laced my shoes and ran out the door. I have been running regularly ever since. I realized that running *toward* the idea of better health and well being in my life is a better thing than running *away* from things. Like bears. Or the idea that I don't have time for my own well being.

I am running with an awesome app that helps me track my pace, my mileage and when to take a break. Also running with this awesome music that Jim shared with me.
http://illegal-art.net/allday/
(Parts of it are just nasty, but it keeps me moving! )

Create yourself

Here's a quote that speaks to me, as I am entering into a 10 day retreat period where I am making conscious choices about how I want to live out my life. I am mindfully creating a life that I would want to live,  exploring the things I need to create well-being in my life. Health, well-being,  work, play/creativity, relationship, personal growth, personal learning. 

I have felt so liminal in the last past 6 months, and it's time to step into some life changes that feel solid. Creating them with mindful conscious small steps. 

If you want a free print-out of this awesome Carl Jung quote, 

click here to visit Heather Carson's great site!

Blooming in my garden today.... Purple poppy from NewZealand....

Fuzzy Love

A dear friend is in a hard place. She needs some softness. I could use the meditation that knitting is for me... so I will cast on some softness to share with her. My kiddos helped pick the colors... they gravitated toward this wall of fun!

A while ago I wrote a blog.

A while ago I wrote a blog. A homeschooling blog. It was a good blog for the time in my life when it served... when I was living homeschooling as a creative and thriving way of being in the world.

Now I am in a process of shift. My process became internal, and I stopped blogging as it became harder to share.

This is a blog for me now.

The Art of Self Reflection- thoughts from a friend.

http://www.herosjourneyfoundation.org/blog/?p=404

Last week Michael offered an opportunity to reflect on what love really is. An interesting thought and reflection on a quote from Father Anthony do Mello. How is it that we can really see, witness another as he/she truly is? And then-to love that, not what we project?

Heart-opening questions for reflection.