2ndchance

Irish Blessing

Stolen from a member's post on TehSoapbox. . .an Irish blessing:

suaimhneas síoraí an tonn leat,
suaimhneas síoraí on aer leat,
suaimhneas siorai an talún ciúin leat,
suaimhneas síoraí na réalta gealla leat,
suaimhneas siorai an oiche ciuin leat,
go tabhairfidh an ngeallach agus na realltaí solas laigheaseach duit,
suaimhneas siorai chríost, ó chríost c'bé solas an domhain ort,
suaimhneas síoraí Chríost leat.

The translation is:

Deep peace of the running wave to you;
deep peace of the flowing air to you;
deep peace of the quiet earth to you;
deep peace of the shining stars to you;
deep peace of the gentle night to you.
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.
Deep peace of Christ, of Christ the light of the world to you:
deep peace of Christ to you.

Maladjustment II

IN 1967, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the American Psychological Association.  Among his remarks are included the following:

I am sure that we will recognize that there are some things in our society, some things in our world, to which we should never be adjusted.  There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will.  Men and women should be as maladjusted as. . . .Thomas Jefferson, who in the midst of an age amazingly adjusted to slavery, could scratch across the pages of history, words lifted to cosmic proportions, 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.  That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.  And that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' And through such creative maladjustment, we may be able to emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man's inhumanity to man, into the bright and glittering daybreak of freedom and justice.

Go with the flow, people say.  Get used to it, don't rock the boat, accept things the way they are.

I think not.  We need 'creative maladjustment' to be a norm in our interactions with the world.  How can change for the better be precipitated if we don't rock the boat a little.  Let's go out and rock our world today.

Maladjustment I

J. Krishnamurti once said:

It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

We can not be content with the way things are in our world.  We can not simply adjust to the status quo and live out our lives as if everything was fine and dandy.  So if we are a bit off-kilter and maladjusted to life, is that such a bad thing?

Sleepy

Well thank goodness for modern meds that make you forget.  I don't remember anything about the endoscopy this morning.  Last thing I remember, they were spraying my throat and attaching a green bite guard.  Next thing I knew I was in the recovery room.

The news was mixed:  no damage to the esophagus, but I do have a hyatil (sp) hernia.  The later is apparently common among adults (40% have one according to one source).  So I get to keep taking the PPI meds and eat more frequent, smaller meals.

After calling my sister and her in-laws, I fell into a deep sleep and just woke up a short time ago.  Now to get something to eat.

Look around

It's always something.

Have had persistent heart-burn over the last year, which has left me eating Pepcid complete.  Dr. tried Nexium for three months but it led to all kinds of side effects.  So tomorrow I'm having an endoscopy of my stomach.  My dad developed stomach ulcers which led to esophageal cancer when he was around my age.  So I guess the doctors want to be careful. . .and so do I actually.  It's minimally invasive and they'll sedate me which is good because I'm not crazy about tubes poking around inside of me.  Heh.

Back to life

So this has been a hella week.  I get to work on Monday morning to learn that one of my clients died on Friday.  He had ravaged his body with cocaine and alcohol abuse. . .not to mention smoking tobacco non-stop. . .for years.  But the past few years he had been clean and sober and most importantly, happy.  I will miss him.

Everything

I haven't been able to get this song out of my head.  It's not new, but it's fun.  Opinions vary on what it all means.  (If you have dialup, beware).

Just for fun

28%

No particular reason for this.  Except I stole it from Rob.  I guess I would be toast!

A night with the stars

I found one of my journals from when I was in the hospital in 2004.  Here is an entry:

During Relaxation group today, we did a guided meditation.  I immediately thought of a good memory as a focus for relaxation.  Before Cathleen and Paul first left for Asia and I think while they were still living in Texas, we rented a cabin at Creekwood during the winter holiday season.  Cathleen and I went skiing while Paul and Mom relaxed at the cabin.

The Great Quake

Ok, so my friends in CA and Asia are going to laugh at me. . . .but we had an earthquake in Virginia in 2003.  Which was a VERY BIG DEAL for us.

In my cleanup process today, I found an article which I cut out of the newspaper in December of 2003.  The news of the earthquake was front page news the next day.  The epicenter was at Elk Hill Farm where I was working at the time.

I know exactly where the epicenter was.  Under my cottage.