Things I like

[lighter]

Hi,

Yeah, I do love sea glass.  I've noticed though that it is no longer plentiful.  I don't know why.  My best sea glass collection came from the east coast of south FLorida.   How plentiful is it where you are?

tt

We had lots in Bimini.  The dark blue is the rarest but my favorites are the clear and lighter blues... all together. 

I wish I knew how to make beautiful jewelry with it: )

[teartracks]

lighter,

I like your idea about creating jewelry from  sea glass.  Designing it would be the challenge I'd never overcome.  But, I think I could look at a picture or a beautifully fashioned piece made out of other stuff and then configure it to the sea glass.  Is that plagarism?

tt 

[teartracks]

Things I like:

Confidences held sacred.

Doing a 'favor' for someone just because without feeling that they 'owe' me.

Having someone do me a 'favor' without them feeling that I 'owe' them.

The down blanket my daughter bought in a thrift shop and gave me.  She laundered it first and when I received it in the mail and opened it, a beautiful scent, hers, wafted up from the box.  It was wonderful.

A car coat my daughter bought in a thrift store and gave me that reminds me of Mongolia.  Winters, I get to wear my scrunchy  *Sherpa boots with it.

Feeling in harmony with my body, which I don't now.

tt

*Edit in:  Sherpa

[sun blue]

OOOOOOHHHHHH!

That's a gigantic groan of envy as I read your posts about your beaches and sea glass.  I adore sea glass and was just looking at some sea glass jewelry sites online before I checked back on this board.  What a coincidence!

I envy your ability to be near the water and collect sea glass.  As someone from the midwest who only feels truly at home on the beach, wearing a small piece of beach glass always makes me feel closer to it and I can almost feel the sun on my face.  My favorites are the aqua pieces.  I came back from a California trip recently and picked up an inexpensive piece of sea glass but am always looking for truly beautiful examples of it.

How I wish I was walking on the beach right now!

[lighter]

tt... one thing I learned in graphic art school is....

EVERYTHING has been done.

So.... copying someone means you are copying someone who is doing something someone else did too.

There are rules to these things though: /

YOU

MUST

DO

IT

BETTER

THAN

THE

 PERSON

WHO'S

IDEA

YOU

b o r r o w e d

from; )

I love the idea of making the seaglass jewelry and I intend to borrow my way through 100 different ideas I like....

to create something that's....

me: )

[Ami]

Pema Choedrin who is showing me  about Life in a different way.

[lighter]

Pema Choedrin who is showing me  about Life in a different way.

Ami,

What are 5 of Pema's most helpful insights you've read so far?

I always go... ya ya... that makes sense

 then I can't remember the darned things when I need them.

[Ami]

I just read the first few chapters ,so I can't say. However, she touched me in a deep way. I see that I tried to "structure" life with "structures " that made "sense". I did that so I would not have to see how unpredictable life really is. The unpredictability is what scares us.
  Also, she goes along very well with the inner child work. She says that you CANNOT run away from deep feelings(shame ,guilt, feeling worthlessness). You have to EMBRACE them all-in order to heal
  I feel like her teachings are a 'warm ,comforting "blanket..
 I am so happy that Hops told me to get her book                               

[teartracks]

-   Paying my bills a month in advance (doesn't happen often and not good economics probably, but it feel
    good anyway.)

-  Things that work right everytime

-  Trying to learn from double binds

-  Not being afraid to admit that I don't think fast on my feet

-  Bobble heads

-  Gourds

-  Light bouncing off leaves.  Makes me ponder the glory of God

-  Father John Ricardo

-  Skyline Chilli

-  Alman Brothers Band

-  The Bee Gees

-  Gotchas  their's or mine, but only if they're fun

-  My habit of conserving water

-  Simple, non conspicuous living

-  Porch swings

-  Believing in a Sovereign God

-  Understanding what is predictable so that I can pay closer attention to the unpredictable

-  Discovering cycles

-  Having enough sense to go to sleep when I should

[Ami]

When I can see---- Hallelujah--- that my mother's words were JUST USELESS VERBIAGE------ YEAAAAAAAH                     Ami

[isittoolate]

When I awaken in the morning naturally, no outside noises, no alarm, no having to pee, no shower running next door, just awaken and BE.

[teartracks]

Oh yeah!

-  Having no place to GO

[Hopalong]

Sundays
Being worship associate and feeling how love pours through me when I look at their faces
Hugs at church
Friends asking me out for breakfast
Taking my dog to outdoor cafes, having people surround her
Good pinot noir
A bowl of spinach

Hops

[Ami]

Facing the truth EVEN if I see hate in someone's(my H) eyes toward me. Being able to simply  SEE-
It is so wonderful.

[axa]

Making food for others
a clean smelling house
merging on the motorway without fear
reading a wonderful book
dancing
being organised
getting unexpected emails from people
refund from the tax man
how I feel when I am kind to myself
feeling healthy


axa