Hi ho! My early, hasty departure from home Thursday morning must have catapulted me over this fine letter. The stick is firmly clasped in my jaws. Now if I could just run like Henny! A friend used to observe that we must "give it away to keep it." Both your story and your actions covey that!
My greatest joy comes through service to others. I built my life around that joy very successfully. I was so lost when I needed a redefinition of that piece of myself. In service work also comes huge responsibility, ethic's, boundaries, and love. The love has to be bigger than the self to feel joy vibrate through. Joy is in a marrage with love of self and others. When we lose that path we struggle for a new birth of self. It is tricky to sit within the corners of self where the realness of life lives. Being present is a way to be true to self. Joy lives there. Joy and love live in being present. Recently Thich Nah Haun left his body in the thrid dimention here on earth. I felt the loss momentarily, and then I heard his whisper... You are alive feel it and be in your presence.
Creating the books is doing an act of community service. Yes there is joy found in this. There will be more to come as I go to meet at schools, bookstores, and libraries. I do love the children. <3
Hi ho! My early, hasty departure from home Thursday morning must have catapulted me over this fine letter. The stick is firmly clasped in my jaws. Now if I could just run like Henny! A friend used to observe that we must "give it away to keep it." Both your story and your actions covey that!
OMG! Went for a romp with yellow lab cousin Finley this morning. I’m not sure if anyone can run like Henny! Like Jimmy John’s..she’s freaky fast!
My greatest joy comes through service to others. I built my life around that joy very successfully. I was so lost when I needed a redefinition of that piece of myself. In service work also comes huge responsibility, ethic's, boundaries, and love. The love has to be bigger than the self to feel joy vibrate through. Joy is in a marrage with love of self and others. When we lose that path we struggle for a new birth of self. It is tricky to sit within the corners of self where the realness of life lives. Being present is a way to be true to self. Joy lives there. Joy and love live in being present. Recently Thich Nah Haun left his body in the thrid dimention here on earth. I felt the loss momentarily, and then I heard his whisper... You are alive feel it and be in your presence.
Joy in creating your paintings/books--and sharing them with others!
Creating the books is doing an act of community service. Yes there is joy found in this. There will be more to come as I go to meet at schools, bookstores, and libraries. I do love the children. <3