Make a decison..then let it go

We knew that Fred had certain challenges when we adopted him, but were not aware that he didn't have the ability to find his way home. After 2 very long absences, we realized that if we let him outside, chances were, he would get lost, so we constructed a "cat pen" for him. At first, I…

Getting REAL

I woke up at 1 a.m. feeling somewhat tense, and decided to read a little from a book by Neville Goddard, that I have at my bedside. I opened to a random page and read, "What you are inwardly saying and doing is far more important than what you outwardly know or express. ...most of…

How are we doing?!

I am very glad that I wrote a post, several days ago, about staying calm, peaceful, and enjoying holiday preparations, because it has given Jack the opportunity to say (multiple times), "Remember, you talked about doing this year differently Mary, and having a good time instead of getting stressed out." I was headed upstairs to…

waking up to a new life

One day last week, I was passing by a little second-hand store in Cambridge, and saw these two old velvet chairs. They were stuffed with down, soft and squishy (my idea of perfect furniture). They're even a little hard to get out of, which invites relaxation. When I got them home, I sat in one and…

false assumptions

By  this afternoon, I had not received one comment on my morning's post. This is so usual that I started thinking, "That must have been a real dud, or just poorly written ...maybe confusing?"  Then I wondered if it had been offensive in some way that I didn't realize at the time. I tried to…

Getting real

We don't do a lot of socializing in our home, and there are several reasons for that. First, our home is tiny and second, our 6 cats are all over the place. I used to apologize for this when we had company over; pretended to be a little shocked when they got on the counter…

Heading in the right direction

A week ago, I noticed a red spot on Noah's head. The day before Thanksgiving, it had turned into a large, uncomfortable-looking open sore. I had no idea what it was and suddenly I was having visions of creepy diseases, painful and expensive visits to the vet, oral and topical antibiotics, all of the other…

Thanksgiving…finding comfort in being ourselves

I was reading a book yesterday and the writer said that she had been, years ago, invited to the Royal palace  for dinner. I always wondered how anyone could feel hungry in such a formal setting with such good (fitted) clothes on. I really appreciate beauty and elegance and would love the idea of being…

No blame

I'd been wondering lately why the toilet seat had been wet (I had my theories but happily didn't accuse anyone). Then, a few days ago, I heard a lapping sound, coming from the bathroom. I didn't realize that Bodhi was drinking out of the toilet. "To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign…

A funny thing happened…

I went shopping with my mother a few weeks ago, and there was a box of shoes in the clearance dept. marked $1 per pair. Nothing fit me, but my mother found these camouflage sneakers (Keds) and bought them even though they were too big. She wore them for an hour, shuffling around (because every…