“We’re on a mission from God.”~ Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers ~ The mission is not impossible. It’s simple. Trust God. Clean house. Help others. Written on a prescription pad in 1937 by R. H. Smith, M.D., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayKeep the mission simple.

“…the last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”~ Viktor Frankl ~ Frankl lost nearly everything in the Nazi camps. But he wrote that a person can keep their spiritual freedom and independence of mind, even there. His body was held. His mind wasn’t. Your circumstances today are…

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are ~ Yesterday was meditation. Think of that as the workout. You set time aside, sit down, breathe, and center yourself. Mindfulness is the muscle you use the rest of the day. Not on a cushion. In…

“There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.”~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness ~ Nobody said meditation has to happen on a cushion, in a quiet…

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”~ Annie Dillard, The Writing Life (1989) ~ Monday. No parade. No marching band. Nobody’s handing out trophies for finding two matching socks. A lot of us treat days like this as the waiting room. Get through it, get to the good stuff….