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This Second

 

This second can be the beginning of an entirely new way of being.

 

 

Are you willing to commit to it now and now and now and now and now?

 

Priorities

A co-worker brought in an old movie from home that she’d thought I’d enjoy. For two weeks, it sat on my coffee table. While interested, it just wasn’t a priority for me. And as more days passed, I began to feel a sense of urgency to watch it – to ...

Dr. Kevorkian

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released earlier this month, having spent eight years in jail at a cost in excess of four hundred thousand dollars for helping people who wanted to die to be able to do so with surety and dignity. I wonder if the agreement that was reached before ...

Gestures

My brother and I attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game a few weeks ago and part of the fun was watching the interaction between the players in the outfield and the fans sitting in the bleachers. Sometimes after the inning warm up, the left-fielder would throw a ball into the ...

Reminders

We transported my daughter's horse 1600 miles.  When we walked into the boarding stable, relaxing music was playing as well as messages on the tack board, stall assignment, feed schedule that spoke to sharing and being loving kindness. Does it take a reminder to be aware of the grace and ...

Who Has the Power?

As a society, we consistently speak as if we can teach, motivate, inspire, educate and empower other people. I wonder what it will take for us to understand that we can do none of these things? ...
Life in a Rocket





When you were born, you had 36,792,000 minutes to live.
24 X 60 X 365 X 70 = 36,792,000.

Assume 70 is a decent number. Get your own expert if you like.





If that number is accurate, I have 33,144 minutes left.

This miracle is a rocket ship.








Priorities

A co-worker brought in an old movie from home that she’d thought I’d enjoy. For two weeks, it sat on my coffee table. While interested, it just wasn’t a priority for me. And as more days passed, I began to feel a sense of urgency to watch it – to ...

Dr. Kevorkian

Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released earlier this month, having spent eight years in jail at a cost in excess of four hundred thousand dollars for helping people who wanted to die to be able to do so with surety and dignity. I wonder if the agreement that was reached before ...

Gestures

My brother and I attended a Chicago Cubs baseball game a few weeks ago and part of the fun was watching the interaction between the players in the outfield and the fans sitting in the bleachers. Sometimes after the inning warm up, the left-fielder would throw a ball into the ...

Reminders

We transported my daughter's horse 1600 miles.  When we walked into the boarding stable, relaxing music was playing as well as messages on the tack board, stall assignment, feed schedule that spoke to sharing and being loving kindness. Does it take a reminder to be aware of the grace and ...

Who Has the Power?

As a society, we consistently speak as if we can teach, motivate, inspire, educate and empower other people. I wonder what it will take for us to understand that we can do none of these things? ...
The Preciousness of This Second

“A friend of mine is currently an inpatient in a stem cell transplant unit at a hospital in Rochester, NY.  She just went through her third transplant, this time from a donor whose cells were tranported from Paris.  It was a 100% perfect match.”

Sue’s only goal is to live!  She has 2 incurable cancers and has been receiving treatment for 18 months.”

Everyday I remind myself that life is fragile and how I choose to live it is the gift.  Breathe in life, exhale doubt.

Can you see that in this circumstance, which many might describe in tragic terms, there is light,  presence, grace, dignity, focus and love!

 

Blessings from and gratitude to Kelli Vestal!