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I have found that meditation provides me with clarity, serenity and a sense of well being. The days I do not meditate are those that seem to be most hectic and harried. My sense of clarity comes from knowing exactly where I start and where I end, what is my responsibility and what is not. The serenity and sense of well-being arises from this clarity. Just sitting by myself for five minutes, tuning out the world and focusing on my breathing works wonders. Actually, just the reminder that I am breathing is pretty nice!

There are a couple of meditation routines that I have found to be helpful. I own one of those new-fangled nature noises alarm clocks. I get as comfy as possible on my bed (either horizontal or with my back cushioned against the wall). I turn on ocean or wind sound and close my eyes. I focus on my breathing while counting out time. I count slowly to 4 on the inhale, hold it for a 2 count, breathe out for a 4 count, pause again for a 2 count. Then I do it again. After about 4 times I change the counts to 6 count in/out and 3 count pause. I also do the same breath/count routine with Meriam Mesa Sunrise (check my book/music page for more about that). I find it amazingly restful.

Just recently, I purchased the Loving-Kindness Meditation tapes by Sharon Salzberg. When I use them, I will report on them here.  Feel free to comment on the message board.

My friends are incredibly important to me. They vary in shape, size, gender and color. The one thing they all have in common is the ability to respect and accept me for who I am -- not who they want me to be. I'll speak more about them and how they enhance my life later.

I love them at different ages for different reasons. My favorite ages, right now, are 16-18 months and the teen years. I worked in an adolescent residential for girls for two years. I loved the girls -- they showed me when and how to be brave as well as silly. I'll speak more about that later.

I have a poetry page and I invite you to peruse it. There was a time when I hated poetry because I'd been forced to tear it apart looking for meaning. I felt as though someone had handed me a beautiful and rare flower then told me to take it apart to find the beauty. Since my second semester English Writing class in college, however, I have come to appreciate then crave poetry. I'll write more about this later.

Expect something here...eventually.

 Expect something here...eventually.

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