Ok, this slightly irritates me, yet also causes some understanding from me. Watching CNN’s 360 w/ Anderson Cooper, and one of the stories is about 3 military guys who’ve been taken hostage in Colombia. Because I was interested in finding out what all was going on with them, I started looking through all the major news sites that I read. Nothing! There is absolutely no news on this! The video clip that they showed, had the senior officer telling, whoever was going to get it, not to try and facilitate some type of grand escape because, “this is not a movie, there will be no grand escape where we live.” It’s sad, because the father of one of the soldiers was on the segment and even he agreed that he would probably never see his son again. I hope our gung-ho violence military heads will decide on a smarter route and actually try the diplomatic approach that this group (obviously) is trying to seek. It would be a pity for these guys to die because our gov’t is too arrogant to compromise.
Day: October 16, 2003
I’m finding that I get an extreme enjoyment out of taking my walks. I know I can’t do it daily, but I would like to work up to a point where they are. Whether that be through getting up early and taking a walk while the sun rises, or taking my walk under the moon, I still need to take it. I also need to quit with my habit of staying home because I think I won’t be able to make it to a scheduled appt. in time. That’s what I ended up doing today, though, it also means yoga is out this evening. But that also means I have to get to bed early, so I can drag my ass out of bed for the 10AM class tomorrow. One of my goals for the upcoming year is to do yoga more and intensify my practice. Usually, that means horking up in my workroom and doing all the stretching necessary, but I’ve been wanting to spend more time with my instructor. He’s been getting more time at a couple local studios and I want to take advantage of it. Plus, as a means of meditation, I’m going to start working it into my park walks.
For some reason, I keep visualizing my goals, and at the same time there’s this voice in the back of my head saying they’re just a fantasy. I don’t know why, but to an extent it does feel like I’m trying to fantasize my life. These goals, they’d be great and I’d be happy to live my life with just them, but I also have to work, and while I enjoy the work I want to do, it still feels as if I’m going to be working myself to death, while trying to make time for the other things in my life. Sometimes, I think I should have been a monk, but the timing got screwed up.
I’m working on this right now….
Scorpio for Oct 16:
“The science newsletter, “Mini-Annals of Improbable Research,” did a poll of its readers on the question, “Does reality exist?” Forty-two percent answered yes, while 31 percent asserted that it most certainly does not. The remaining 27 percent were undecided. A few of the latter believed that their reality exists but no one else’s does. Two people said, “Yes, reality exists, but you can’t get to it.” According to one respondent, “Reality exists only when it is really necessary.” Remember that line, Scorpio, because it will be quite necessary for your reality to exist in the coming weeks. Here’s another response to the poll that you should make your own: “Reality especially exists right after a thunderstorm.” I predict that your reality will become vivid and deep once your metaphorical tempest ends in a few days.”
Ok, as I can’t do a hands-on workshop yet (kindly reminded I have cats), I can start the discussion workshops because I was planning on having those at the La Madeleine’s in Marietta. It’s central, it’s quiet, it’s got coffee and food, and….I love the place, got the atmosphere for “intellectual discussion”. I’m thinking I’m going to do the first topic on ‘spiritual healing, what is it and why is it used’. I haven’t decided on a day yet, so those of you who are interested, please let me know which days you’re available the 1st week of each month. I have no issues with rotating days, first workshop will be the first week in November, plan and let me know.
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