And this...

Dear Tommy Kono,

Please coach me.

Thanks,

Erin.

And then there's this!

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

Sometimes...

I can't decide whether being mindful is better or worse...

“There are some people who eat an orange but don’t really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you eat with awareness, you find that there is more space, more beauty. You begin to watch yourself, to see yourself, and you notice how clumsy you are or how accurate you are. … So when you make an effort to eat mindfully…, you find that life is worth much more than you had expected.” - Chogyam Trungpa

Fall. Wind. Changes.

I passed under a sugar maple that stunned me by its elegant unselfconsciousness: it was as if a man on fire were to continue sipping tea. - Annie Dillard

Give my gun away when its loaded.

Before bed:

a candle

a cup of water

brush teeth

sometimes music

thoughts, some I want to think, some I don't

last minute emails

set an alarm

plan the day

sometimes a book

place pillows

watching out my window

I've played this on the piano. It's not too bad.

Pop Shop slays me...

This morning.

I did well for the rest of the day and didn't eat as much as a result of having my favorite breakfast thing this morning - eggs benedict florentine... with a side of not crispy bacon. I know I complain all the time about being tired, being frustrated, being alone, blah blah blah - but really... really, really - the WHOLE time I'm doing this... I know it could be worse. I know I won't always feel that way. I know that something will come along and I will feel like it's worth it to smile. Steve's Club did that for me today. I'm grateful.

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt