Tonight I mediated for 15 minute and then soaked in the hot tub for 15 minutes. All my worries melted away.
The lesson is: be intentional about calming the body and the mind will follow.
Spring in Utah
The temperature hit 57 yesterday. The snow is melting. My favorite time of year is coming. March to May in Utah are fabulous. Here is a graphic/painting that matches how I feel about spring in Utah.
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the art of asking
A phenomenal video
late night Ed musings
Here are some late night musings:
Today I want to find gratitude for everything, including the unpleasant and uncomfortable. I will see the good in others and I will trust that things tend to work out in the end. I will be the guy who lives passionately and takes risks. I will practice believing I can step up and be a warrior for good. I choose to believe that there is a Higher Power in the universe that will make things work out, even though it may look very different from what I want or expect.
I guess I am really talking about my own anxiety and fear that comes from living in a stressful and crazy world where anything can happen and people suffer at times find happiness and joy at times.
dog talking video
If you have not seen this yet, get ready to smile or laugh out loud
A colleague share this quote that I love. She heard it from a teacher at the BYU social work school:
You can’t delete the darkness in the world – you can only add light
a difficult cover of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean
http://www.wimp.com/difficultcover/
My daughter Isabelle posted this on her fb page. It is awesome!!
Great advice from a friend: “Ed, you are not God.”
So, in the middle of my work day, I was feeling washed out and tired and overwhelmed emotionally. I didn’t know why. All was going well with my work responsibilities. I was doing a good job. All was well in the external world. Still, I felt drained and out of it.
So I asked a friend for a pick-me-up comment. I asked for a little motivation and feedback.
He said, with care and with no judgment: “as a therapist, Ed, remember that your job is to be a mirror and to let the clients know they are loved and cared for. You can’t fix them or make them change. Change is an inside job.”
I knew all that already, but, oh boy, did I need to hear that.
So, with that, I felt a weight lifted.
To any of you who worry too much and sometimes care too much: remember that you are not God. And, remember: that is the good news!
The coolest surfing video ever: huge waves and huge wipeouts
Check out this you tube video of some of the biggest waves and “baddest” wipeouts ever seen in surfing. I watch this and I am in wonder of the waves and the courage of the watermen!
Be ready to be inspired and get an adrenaline pump!
a van gogh
This picture intrigues me. The combination of strange shapes causes an emotional reaction in me. I think the reaction is both interest (I’d like to stand in that room) but also a strange dreamlike aversion (like there is something very wrong or dark in the room.) The furniture setup is odd to me. The pictures on the wall leaning out over the bed is curious. It looks like a room from a dream. Yes, the picture feels dream-like. Also the red bed cover is delicious to my eye.
What do any of you think/feel? How does this painting effect you?
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