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An online marketplace for selling and buying all things handmade!

It's like shopping at the artists market, but from your own home. I discovered the website just in time for Christmas and along with my trip to Blue Banana Market in Toronto, have managed to get almost everyone on my list home made gifts.


Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The Question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive at the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. ... Thich Nhat Hanh


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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Moving on

There are moments that I feel like I'd like to move on. And there are times where I am passionately gratified with where I am. Though I've had two separate job offers in the past month to explore my career options in non-fitness related area's, it just didn't feel as though parting time had come. And I'm glad I made the decision to stay where I am .. for now. The Big B and I have taken on a corporate project working with brides-to-be and getting them into shape for their big day. There is so much satisfaction in being a part of the joy that I see in my clients as they move closer and closer to their goals of being healthier. I am proud of them and of myself. For being the best source of support that I can be. For making a sustainable difference in the lives of others. If I do this job for anything, let it be for the well being and happiness that it brings others.

I met my 'financial counselor' for the third time on Friday. She has me set on a plan to clear my steaming pile of debt (which includes moving to a cheaper place of residence) and start saving to purchase a home. Back in the fall I decided that becoming an entrepeneur was decidedly in my near future, but as I met with her to map these financial obligations and responsibilities out it seemed that it wasn't going to be so near. So we've set a long term plan for myself in re-building my credit. First with the purchase of a home to give myself some equity and then to walk on the path of freedom. The vision becomes clearer and clearer.

I've managed to slip in a third spot during the day for meditation in the afternoon. Though it is only half the time I spend in the morning and evening (an hour each sit), it is helping me carry this state of joy and peace throughout the latter part of my day. After two years of not maintaining my practice I am so thankful for being diligent and committed. I can not imagine myself ever not being here, within myself.

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