Forever Young

So it's almost the new year. Which for most means some resolutions. Most resolutions involve being more organized, less stressed and more positive. I got this article from a daily e-mail I get called "daily OM". I like the idea of "editing" my life. Here's the article:


Creative Cuts
Editing Your Life

Our lives can be compared to an ongoing movie script over which we have complete creative control. Within us lies the power to examine what works or isn't working in our lives and make "edits" to our life's script, accordingly. Choosing to actively edit your life can be incredibly empowering. As you evolve, you have the choice to accept the script you've written thus far or edit it so you can create a life that fulfills you. You can cut out from your life's script what is no longer working for you. Acknowledging that you are responsible for the experience you create gives you the ability to create the life you've always longed for.

Granted, editing your real life isn't always as easy as erasing a line of text. If you've carried emotional baggage or held on to an unhealthy relationship for a long time, these may be difficult to edit out. But when you do cut out what isn't working from your life, you'll feel lighter and more alive. Editing out activities that you find stressful, disassociating yourself from people that drain your energy, and letting go of your emotional baggage are all beneficial cuts you can make. In the empty spaces that are left behind, you can add in anything you like. Just as you have the power to edit out negative situations or beliefs that you no longer wish to have as part of your life, you can now include the kinds of positive experiences, people, and beliefs that you would like to fill your life with. The manifestation of these thoughts and images as realities in your life will inevitably follow. As you make changes to your life, you can also add in the bits where you choose more intimate, healthier relationships, seek out adventure over tedium, and are no longer negatively impacted by old experiences.

To begin editing your life, simply think about your positive and negative experiences. When you determine what parts of your life are no longer serving you, make the commitment to remove them - though, it is important to remember that there is no proper timing or way to do this, and patience and compassion for yourself are always important during this process. Then, ask yourself what has brought you profound bliss and consider how you can make those experiences and beliefs part of your life now. With a little editing, you'll be able to clear out what is no longer serving you and make room in your life for more happiness, love, and wisdom.

Happy New Year, All!

I'm addicted to blogs.

I just started a Tolle family blog. It was so great seeing all of them over the holidays!! They read my little essay thing about Nonna's house I posted here, and I thought, "Hey! They need a blog too!"

I added the link over there in the sidebar.

The big white barn-shaped house. Summer weekends and Holiday visits. A familiar smell. A blend of chicken, that perfume with the swan on it, cleanliness and old furniture. The big red white and blue oval rug woven from scraps.

The dark little tv room with a big rocking chair and a drafty window that always seem to have snow outside it.

The cold linoleum hallway upstairs. The bedroom my brother and I stayed in, with two twin beds, a crucifix with palm, and the clown music boxes on the dresser. The one small bathroom with Dove soap and a backscrubber.

The upstairs closet with a mystery door in the back, which I found out later led to an old staircase that went down to the kitchen and let out where the refrigerator was. I always wanted to open that door, but never did.

There was one of those outside storm door entrances to the cellar. The doors went down from the porch to the backyard like a ramp. And we had to run down them over and over again. Maybe I got too big for that game, or maybe the old wooden doors got too old for that game, but one day I fell through them.

My dad gave me a tour of the basement once. It was stone and old and had ancient shelving with who knows what on it. He explained the coal room, a small room with ashes all over the floor.

There was the telephone stand which always had coloring books and crayons in it. There were always pears just for me. And cranberry relish at thanksgiving because I didn't like the stuff from the can. And the fig cookies!!!

The fig cookies are still around.

But the big white barn-shaped house with the creaky floors and mystery passageway? The place where my dad grew up?

Does anybody know who all will be in town this year for the big Eve? I'm making CD's again, and I need to know who I should mail them to and who can just pick theirs up at the party.

I won't be there, but I'll have someone bring the CD's along for me. We'll be in Galesburg meeting not one, but TWO new babies! My uncle Mark and his wife EJ had their first baby in August, a girl named Alexis. And my cousin Theresa had her second boy just after Thanksgiving, his name is Alex! (Actually, It's Jacob, but they are using his middle name).

"A Christmas Story" reinacted in 30 seconds by bunnies.

Scared of Santa photo gallery.

Amazing gingerbread house.

enjoy!

Check out this neat-o time lapse of the demolition of Busch Stadium It's a little sad, but interesting to watch.

'tis the season to...

read a good book. Ohmygosh I actually read one of these this year! Kafka on the Shore. "Twas very good, obviously. And I'm reading an Ian McEwan book now. I like his writing so far...

ponder all the meanings of the season and it's symbols. AWWW!

See a feel-good family movie. all work and no play...