shigata ga nai

"it cannot be helped"

gambarimashaou

"we must keep up our fighting spirit"

oil is spilling in the Gulf again.

how long ago and far away the last spill feels.

kokoro

"heart and soul"

step one: show up

step two: 

do things for others.

step three:

do the things you love.

step four...

go ahead, fill in the blank

been thinking a lot about what is happening in Japan.

this post is days old because my internet is crap.

it's what I came up with in response to the large scale sadness I felt.

Infinite Intelligence

instead of reading this blog, you can just read elephant journal...

it just ends up on here later.

just read this blurb on taking guidance you've received and checking it against 

the fruit of the spirit:

love

joy

peace

 patience

kindness

goodness

faithfulness 

gentleness

self-control 

If the guidance we hear leads to these qualities, it is much more likely to be trustworthy.

don't take my word for it

Sometimes I can be a cry baby whiny cranky pants.

Sometimes I don't want to think about alignment in triangle pose.

Sometimes I don't want to work 40 hours a week.

There is something to be said for alignment and my work is not out of alignment with my values.

you'd prefer an astronaut

there's something to be said for the hard-working slacker.

i bogarted this image from elephant journal.

3rd Floor

I'm told there are

rainbows

unicorns

little green dudes with pots of gold

crazy dancing bananas

awaiting me when I turn 30.

I believe it.

BRING IT