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The things that occur to me this lovely morning:
1. Sometimes the most wonderful things are accidents: strangers who become teachers, whispers of our intuition, spontaneous bouts of insanity, love when we aren’t expecting it.
2. In order to forgive we need to let go of expectation and give ourselves permission to move on.
3. Family is a community chosen by the universe to teach life’s most important lessons. With those building blocks we chose to rejoice, renovate,or to recycle. Wisdom is where we learn what works best in each space.
4. For those who have never met my family, I am not a surprise. For those who know them, we are as a group, usually surprising.
5. Each day has blessings, no matter what is going on. Find them, breathe them in, return them.
6. When contemplating loss I always remember my grief is proportional to their impact. May my life reflect their impact and not their absence.
7. Blue jays, sunshine, laughter are here in part because we rejoice in them. Our perception determines our reality.
8. Why is it that our default compliment to a woman is “don’t you look lovely.” They may be smart, hard working, decent, loyal, resilient and funny. As if an accident of their genes take precedence over who they are. Well women in my life I honour all that you have made yourself. And yes you are beautiful in every way.
9. There is in the world an infinite capacity for love, awe, gratitude, and joy. The more we experience and give away the more is created.
10. As much as I wish it, I can not take away another’s hurt. I can acknowledge it, bear witness, and affirm there is reality beyond it.

Things that occurred to me today:
1. I am officially and gratefully eccentric.
2. Turning the blender on without the lid on was a mistake.
3. Nothing
of value is ever motivated by anger, guilt, or shame.
4. Kids and cats are perverse. As soon as you get the camera out, they stop.
5. Love is not conditional. Unfortunately we often give it without predicting who will return it. Give it anyway.
6. I don’t know enough about me to answer all the security questions needed to open an on line banking account.
7. The hugs I embarrassed my sons with at 16, are now returned with interest. Invest often, in spite of the eye roll.
8. Blue Jays have a song that sometimes reminds me of a blues singer, raspy and with jarring musicality. Its song with all the others are worth trouble of feeding them.
9. Sometimes sadness is just shading for highlights of your life. They bring depth to the picture but don’t dwell there.
10. Rules of Engagement for the Thermostat war.  I have no idea what temperature it actually is, just what I perceive it to be.  No matter though.  I’m still in charge of the switch.