Beyond Mountains

2018 will always be the year I moved mountains. I hardly want to look back on this year because moving a mountain or two is akin to unraveling a couple of Gordian knots. Today, on the last day of 2018, I feel a sense of accomplishment and relief. I also have a great awareness of those people who helped me move my mountains this year. I am beyond hoping and wishing for anything in 2019. All I can do right now is sink back with a deep sigh and smile.

I leave you with this quote which sums it all up:
For us there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
T.S.Eliot

This link here has perhaps been the most enjoyable process of all the accomplishments of 2018 >>>

Possibility

Here is what I know about the realm of possibility – it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible, from the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choirgirl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits are of our own world’s devising. And yet everyday we each do so many things that were once impossible to us.

~ Excerpt from The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

A New Philosophy

Whenever I come across the beautifully worded truths written by Buddhist monks and the virtually omnipresent Rumi I pause and contemplate these philosophies and decide with my hand on my heart that I must, must, must adopt them into every moment of my life. Unfortunately, there is usually a new beautiful philosophy presenting itself on Facebook every single day. And then there is the fact of real life and real people to deal with in a real world. I find that at such times my brain can hardly sift through a dozen peace poems or twenty Rumi quotes that I saw this week already. BUT, during very such times I find myself totally embracing an unforgettable philosophy that has worked miracles in my life since 2012. It has eliminated the *&%# and brought in fresh, sparkling energy. I have decided to share it here not because I give a **** about those who will be shocked but because I feel it partners very well with the ship picture above and I frantically needed a convincing new year philosophy after I came up with that damn title. So here it is! Onward to new philosophies then!

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck