Welcome to the Circle of Mindfulness santosha/Rainbow Tribe Reiki — Fridays, all day Welcome, friends and co-creators, to this fine Friday in August. Welcome to our meditation for the well-being of all life on earth. Welcome to Earth Send. The Earth Send began on a Friday in late June 2005…

“August is the Sunday of summer.” — MaK Cov — Welcome to the Circle of Mindfulness santosha/Rainbow Tribe Reiki — Fridays, all day Welcome, friends and co-creators, to this lucky Friday in August. Welcome to our meditation for the well-being of all life on earth. Welcome to Earth Send. The Earth Send happens every Friday. At the time that is…

“August creates as she slumbers, replete and satisfied.” Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970) Welcome to the Circle of Mindfulness santosha/Rainbow Tribe Reiki — Fridays, all day Welcome, dear friends, newcomers and readers to this aroma-filled and swank Friday in August. Welcome to our meditation for the well-being of all life on…

“Who are these people whose admiration you seek? Aren’t they the ones you are used to describing as mad? What then? Do you wish to be admired by the mad?” – Epictetus “Pay attention to your own gut when you’re in someone’s presence, or when you think about them.” –…

Thanks for writing about the topic, Unbecoming. I dodged a bullet a few years ago. This spring, I was going to clean out the numbers I had blocked on Whatsapp, and I discovered a face of someone I did not recognize. It dawned on me that that was the paramour…

Rejection Is Protection And Redirection. — Global Truism I am beginning to comprehend that many frustrations, shortages, closed doors and cold shoulders were pinches to choose a healthier life, healthier contents, healthier companions, healthier thoughts, smoother routines, more appropriate priorities and preferences. From the perspective of then, those were riddles, restrictions, nuisances or shocks; from the perspective of now, some kind of horse sense prevailed that may not have been mine and that belonged to life.

Many conventions keep you inside your bubble and subculture. The rule about never talking about politics and religion and just swearing about and avoiding those topics also keeps you inside your bubble, echo chamber and subculture. …

Debbie Harry, born on this day in 1945, has been a bigger influence on women and women artists than on music even. If, on the top of my head, I had to name a person who embodies “I am good enough“, guess who comes to mind first? You just don’t…

Elderberry blossom, that scent is a winner. One part flower, one part sweat, amorous, with staying power and sunshine within, it welcomes summer, butterflies and bees that know a good thing when they smell it, just like me. Elderberry blossom, white and yellow delight. To the wind, you are rapture. …