Being Me…

Exploring what that means…

What can I do to improve my life right now?

I have been worrying a lot about our situation (go figure - both of us without jobs and we have two small children). Well, that really doesn’t help anything. The question right now is, “What can I do to improve our situation/my life?”

There are things I can do on the financial front.

  • I can get haircuts a bit less frequently.
  • I can make recipes that stretch food a bit more - things that are filling but take less meat for example.
  • I can look at less expensive fruits and vegetables.
  • I can make sure that the loads of laundry are full.
  • I can look into insurance since we’re going to need to change soon.

There are things on a stress-relief level:

  • I can write down my worries at night before bed and pick it up in the morning.
  • I can take 15 minutes a day to have peace and quiet or listen to music.
  • I can take the time to soak in nice bath once  a week.
  • I can get out of the house once a week, even if I don’t have errands that need running.

February 25, 2008 Posted by mmiller | Questions | , , , | No Comments

My heart goes out to the folks at Northern Illinois University…

I’ve been following the story about the college shooting and my heart goes out to everyone there.  Really, what more can I say?  What can be done to make these things stop?  How can we reach out to people to find other solutions?  What makes people do this sort of thing?

Deep peace of the running waves to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the smiling stars to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the watching shepherds to you.
Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you
AN OLD GAELIC PRAYER

February 15, 2008 Posted by mmiller | Uncategorized | , , , | No Comments