I had long wanted more “Connection to the Holy” out of my life, yet it took me a while to figure out that it was not religion I wanted, nor a philosophy, but to establish lifestyle foundations -a daily practice- that would contribute to my meaningful, purposeful existence.
Category Archives: Lifestyle Changes
Silence and Good Things
The Mjolner pendent that I ordered from Svarogs Hammer Shop on etsy.com that hand forges them came, and it is beautiful! I was so impressed that I ordered a second one for my Marine who is currently serving our country.
Relationships Reveal Me
My relationship to a thing depends upon how much energy I am willing to invest in observing it, getting to know it, communicate with it. The term relationship is thus broadened again by a willingness to invest energy and time and the connection of communication and still further by the purpose of the relationship.
Meandering Thoughts
I just read an article online that states the Sami religion as having three parts as an animist, a polytheist, and a shamanist. Yes. This is finding wording for the things I tell people being a “shamanist” is all about, al
though I really hate that word “religion,” as it gets such a bad rap from all the wrong-headedness that goes on within it.
Dreams and Changing Lifestyle
This morning I woke up dreaming about the old people who have passed from my life. The dreams were all happy ones, scenes from childhood birthdays and Christmases and Thanksgivings gone by that live on in memory. I remember my Grandpa, Dad’s dad, who taught me to love horses. He used to drive the mail in a sled behind a horse during the winter.
Back to Work
I’ve had to return to my day job of driving a school bus. Managing the passenger seating for Covid really brings it home that life as I knew it is forever gone.
Lifestyle Changes
I’m exploring lifestyle changes for reasons of health maintenance and liberation from old habits of thinking that prevent me from living in a most satisfying way. For example, managing type 2 diabetes led to an hour or more of walking every day that is also satisfying in terms of getting out of the house andContinue reading “Lifestyle Changes”
