Everyone has a story. We all endured what it feels like to have plans and intentions thwarted and go awry. That was 2020.
We do what we can to send out good will prayers and vibrations into the universe. This is 2021!
Of course Mitsu begs for honey drenched Japanese-Portuguese cake …as Mitsu is the Honey! Mitsu is Japanese for the honey colored golden red Shiba that she is.
So coffee and tea mugs went into the cupboard and … masks, not mugs now hanging on the book shelf mount right by the entry for easy access. Mix and Match fashion not just in vogue but it’s a necessity to pretect Self and Others. Thank you for wearing them to show you care about the community as a whole. Yeah, sure, you jog, you yoga, you meditate, you eat right, you are radiant and glowing with health -great – but many of us are not as invincible and the vius does not care – even if you feel great, you can still be a carrier and a spreader and shedding away for others to catch what could potentially kill the more vulnerable.
So, it’s not about how beautiful and healhty you look and feel; it’s about the entire interconnected community we live in. It’s about how each one of us have an impact on the welfare of all – it’s about keeping everyone else from ticking up the numbers in ICU so when your nephew or sister or yes, young person is in an accident; or if your mom or dad has a heart attack (from all this chronic stress and heart breaks from not seeing you) or your grandma has a stroke(from lack of activities), there are doctors and nurses who are not exhausted and depleted at that ICU bed – which may or may not be available. It depends on your action.
Not trying to lecture or preach- just seeking understanding. Until ICU capaciy is min. 15%, we could find many creative alternative ways to keep fit and sane. Bedroom and outdoor yoga, Tai-chi, Pilates … walking in nature … finding ways to stop the spread now that there’s this new strain of the virus that is reported to spread 50-70% more efficiently. Great. Just great – just what we needed on top of all the struggles and suffering – right? So staying defensive is a good idea. Do No Harm.
A friend gave us brussel sprouts still on the stem – so fun:) It’s not bitter at all when so fresh. It’s been so long since I’ve eaten at a restaurant … but honestly … while I do want the restaurants to survive this and all the small businesses to survive this period, it’s a good time to keep busy by paying more attention to how we nourish ourselves. It’s a very wierd time where there’s so much abundance back to back with so much scarcity … There’s scarcity in our energy level and delights as worries and fear weigh us down – Just eating simple and cutting down on energy sucking foods and thoughts. All we can do is to be as well prepared as we can be; and dream and plan for that day when we leave the four walls and step outside fully liberated from this time of ultra vigilence from threats we cannot see. I cannot wait for that day of liberation.