Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category
October 30th, 2007 - Thanking
I’ve been forgetting about this…
Today, I’m thankful for
- music
- books
- paperclips
- pens
- paper
Who says the little things in life aren’t worth being thankful for?
October 24th, 2007 - Today, I am thankful for
- almost 3-year-olds who still sleep in cribs
- generous sick days at work (Eric is sick today)
- a workplace that is safe for kids (I have an appointment Maggie will go to with me)
- Freecycled pianos (may arrive tomorrow!)
- stars (have been enjoying them now that it’s dark when I get up)
October 23rd, 2007 - Thankfullness
Today, I am thankful for
- NPR
- iPods that allow me to listen to NPR on my walk to work
- access to fitness activities at work for a very low annual cost
- advanced medical technology and knowledge
- WordPress (my blogging software)
October 22nd, 2007 - Thank you, Monday morning
Ooops, forgot about thankfulness this weekend, although I did remember to post something!
Today, I am thankful for
- warm days in October
- friends like Ruth (co-host of the Pampered Chef party yesterday)
- music
- doctors and nurse practitioners
- older brothers
October 19th, 2007 - Giving thanks
Last night, the Oshkosh Covenant Group met for the first time. CGs are intentional small groups within my UU Fellowship, a way to find a deeper spiritual connection within the wider community. We meet monthly for 2 hours for discussion. We also commit to at least one service activity for the Fellowship and one to our community. Since the Fellowship is in Appleton, about a 30-40 minute drive from all of us, this is a way to connect with others without driving so far! (In fact, 3/4s of the group, by coincidence, live within about a 5 block radius and mostly won’t have to even drive to the group, which will meet in each other’s homes.) I like the community service part, because while the Fellowship engages in quite a bit of community work, it is mostly in Appleton since the majority of the congregation lives there. So this is our chance to reach out to our community instead.
Anyway, our topic for next month is Thanksgiving. Yesterday, another blog author said she was going to write 5 things she’s thankful for until Thanksgiving Day. I’m now going to do the same as a way of preparing for the CG. Plus, it’s just a good idea to remind ourselves of the blessings in our lives. I may not do it every day, but I will try. Plus, perhaps this will get me posting more regularly over the next month!
Today, I am thankful for
- fertile soil that gave me a bountiful garden this year.
- a daughter who gets to join me for lunch.
- crunchy leaves to walk in.
- free libraries.
- a group of women who are interested in deep conversation.
Oooh, that was harder than I expected. I started qualifying some of them (like that “But it’s rainy today so the leaves aren’t crunchy.”) but that is not going to be allowed! I still love crunchy leaves even if I don’t get them today!
December 8th, 2004 - passage about dying from Loving and Leaving
Helen Nearing, page 175, one of Scott’s favorite fables:
I am standing on the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beaty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she is only a ribbon of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. There! She’s gone! But someone at my side says, “Gone where?’ From our sight, that’s all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left our side; and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminshed size is in us, not in her. Just at the moment when you say, ‘There! She’s gone!’ other voices are ready to take up the glad shout, ‘There she comes!’ And that is what we call dying.