Maybe She's Mental

How does a doe stay unseen by a potential predator?  She freezes.  She's still.  She's silent.  This is her cover, her security blanket, her way of surviving..... This lovely girl and I had a little conversation so she understood that I didn't mean any harm, but her stillness got me to thinking:  stillness is not something we humans do very well.  Heck, it's one of the most difficult poses in yoga.  I am sure there have been many times I have passed by some animal in the woods and never even knew they were there because they used their 'statue' skills and were one with their surroundings.   Getting comfortable with stillness and quiet is one of the most powerful things one can do for themselves.  In the stillness and in the quiet, we can hear our own breath, our own heartbeat, and the whispers of our soul.  I would highly recommend practicing... then you will have your very own inner sanctuary; a place to cultivate peace within.

You might recognize that title from a U2 song... just came to me when I was thinking about this little something I learned from the forest....   Despite the overlapping canopy overhead, there's always some light that is able to get through.... especially when the wind blows.  :)   Bless the wind, bless the light, bless the shadows, bless the trees! And here is the image to go along with the thought:  

So I met a few Arabs this week through a couple friends (Arab) that I met a few weeks ago at Irish Fest (of course).  Most of these men were younger men 20-30 years of age and generally nice people.  When I met the first of the Arabs, I started giving them hugs and they really had no idea how to give a proper hug... the heart to heart kind.  So I taught them and they learned quickly... they also thought it was incredibly funny that I gave hugs so readily.  They would ask me to hug every Arab man that came up to visit with them and I would.  I'm all about hugging! There was one man in particular that asked for a couple hugs and then asked if I could give him a hug every day for the next month that he has to be in town for medical reasons.  I said sure!  He got my number so we could meet.  Well today I met him after a series of texts and he really wasn't looking for a daily hug because he pretty much passed up the hug to ask me if I would come up to his room in the hotel!!!!

I have to admit to being quite the light weight.... meaning.. give me 2 glasses of wine and I'm laughing at the silliest things... although, not much is needed along the lines of humor to get me laughing heartily these days... BUT tonight I have had 2 glasses of wine so I'm in the mood to giggle. So tonight I will giggle about garlic... the last two evenings going home on the bus, I have been fortunate enough to sit behind a person who either eats garlic all the time, or went to our local Italian restaurante for some garlic infused dish for lunch because WOAH, I could smell it! Thankfully it doesn't repulse me.. it makes me giggle... and I'm most likely going to be the one with this fine odor in the morning as I generously doused my chicken with garlic tonight and I can even smell it on me at the moment!  :) While I'm wine giddy and staying up, I thought I'd at least get a post out there about odors on the bus... I am sure there could be worse! Can't w

Yep... that's what I did today... I slept until 1:18 in the afternoon!  I didn't go to bed that late - 11:30 or so, but I slept until 1:18!  I woke up around 8 am and thought to myself... I'll just stay in bed a little while longer... and then my body decided I needed to catch up on some major morning sleep! I'm not sick.  I wasn't even particularly tired (or drunk) when I went to bed last night. When I woke up at 8 am I felt just fine.  That was just a power body move.  YOU are tired and I'm shutting you down for a few hours (about 5).  I guess my body made the decision for me as to whether I go to the Irish Breakfast.... HA!  I didn't even make it to Irish lunch- if they had one! :)  I wasn't sore either when I woke up that late... like bed sore from being in one position for too long.  It was as if that time just slipped away and didn't really elapse. Oh how grateful I am that I had the chance to crash for that long!  I'm not even sure I