When I saw Linda’s post included a squirrel, I remembered this photo I took just after dawn last weekend. Being up close to dawn is extremely rare for me, but I was pet sitting the neighbor’s 17-year-old yorkie and had to get up early. The squirrel in the neighbor’s backyard seemed to be hurrying away from the utility pole back to the trees.
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What does that mean that someone as accomplished as this famous anthropologist says she was wise enough to never grow up? She must have been a fun person to know. Still, she had intelligence, courage, and perseverance.
Growing up is a process. Anybody think they’re done with it? I don’t think so.
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There are no accidents; there is only some purpose that we haven’t yet understood.
Deepak Chopra
(I believe God can take our accidents and give them purpose.)
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Frank Wilczek, theoretical physicist
This quote came to me from Bob in my senior center writers’ group. Bob kindly provided the excerpt below on complementarity:
COMPLEMENTARITY IS MIND- EXPANDING
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“Thus, complementarity is an invitation to consider different perspectives. Unfamiliar questions, unfamiliar facts, or unfamiliar attitudes, in the spirit of complementarity, give us opportunities to try out new points of view and to learn from what they reveal. They foster mind expansion. Why not bring this spirit to supposed conflicts between art and science, or philosophy and science, or religion A and religion B, or religion and science?
It can be illuminating to look at the world in different ways. In my own experience, early exposure to Catholicism inspired me to think cosmically and to look for hidden meanings beneath the appearance of things. The attitudes have proved enduring blessings, even after I abandoned the faith’s strict dogmas. Today, I often go back to Plato, to Saint Augustine, to David Hume, or to “outdated” scientific works- Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Maxwell-to converse with great minds, and to practice thinking differently.
Of course, trying to understand different ways of thinking does not necessarily mean you must agree with them, much less adopt them as your own. In the spirit of complementarity, we should maintain detachment. Ideologies or religions that claim an exclusive right to dictate uniquely “correct” views are contrary to the spirit of complementarity. That said, science has a special status. It has earned enormous credibility, both as a body of understanding and as an approach to analyzing physical reality, through its impressive success in many applications. Scientists who define themselves narrowly fail to enrich their minds, but people who avoid science impoverish theirs.”
Frank Wilczek
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who writes:
“You’re never too old to discover brilliance in the world.”
It was just me and the sleeping dog in the kitchen
as I washed the morning dishes at the sink,
the old-fashioned way which is my way.
I had just thanked God
for getting my son through another rough patch,
when I heard the words:
“I got this.”
The voice came from behind me,
gentle and matter of fact.
Could it really be true?
Could I just step back?
Let go
and let God?
There’s plenty of evidence
that the Creator is capable
…and patient
With slow learners like me.
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Lately when I’m driving, I’ve been telling myself out loud to FOCUS. That turns out to be the theme for today’s post. It’s May 4th so I looked up some Star Wars quotes, and narrowed it down to two:
“Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
and
“Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn
Then I remembered the focus quote on my refrigerator.
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| “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.” – Maya Angelou |
…and here’s an oldie that was pinned to my bulletin board at my old job:
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A couple of weeks ago, my daughter texted me, “I got bit by a god.”
“You got bit by a god?” I texted back realizing she probably meant dog since she works in doggie day care/ boarding.
She got nipped while breaking up a fight. Fortunately, it was not a bad bite and did not need medical attention. Some dogs are troublemakers. We love ’em anyway, kinda like God loves us. I’m thankful that God rarely bites me and mostly just nudges.
The God and Dog thing reminds me of a song I love and consider it a love song, so I’m offering it for Bee’s
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Lately, I’ve found myself joking with my husband David when one of us notices some physical change like having trouble getting warm, extra dry skin, or fast-growing nose hairs.
I say, “Maybe it’s one of those old people things.” It’s funny how easily we can zip right back to age 16 in our minds, but our bodies don’t always follow.
This was inspired a while back by Marge at Revealing the Light Journey
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Linda’s post on clutter got me to find this Rumi quote in my drafts. Most of my Christmas decorations are still up because they’re pretty and bring me joy. I’m putting them away a little at a time and thinking of letting go of the red Christmas lights I haven’t used in two years. But it’s too late to donate them and I won’t throw them away. They gave me joy two years ago. Plus, I might use them again someday. (The cluttered person’s trap.)
The question came to me: If I organize it better, does that count as decluttering?
Things I want to let go of are those I don’t use AND that do not bring me joy. Emotionally, we need to let go of things that get in the way, harm us, or take up too much space, like grudges, shame, and emails that are a year old.
What do I want to hold on to? Things that I use or want to use if they will be good for me. We want to hold on to the constants in our lives that give us joy, strength, or serenity. For me that would be nature, art, healthy relationships, and God’s love. I write about these constants in From Loneliness to Love.
As far as the red Christmas lights go, I’m going to let go of worrying about it and put them in a red tin can (new clutter) with a note attached to donate before Christmas.
What do you want to hold on to?
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