An early morning walk, on a path, through the trees, along a river, winding this way and that, soft steps in sandy soil underfoot, a few yellow leaves starting to fall from the cottonwood trees. Aware of a slight, cool breeze from the south until turning north, occasional warm sun coming through the treetops. Two The word advent comes from the Latin prefix ‘ad-‘ meaning ‘to’ and the root ‘venire’ meaning ‘come’. The English word is derived from the Latin ‘adventus’ meaning ‘arrival’.Advent in the Christian tradition is preparation for the arrival of Christmas and includes the 4 Sundays and weeks leading up to the celebration of the birth of Almost exactly a year ago this day, I posted this for Thanksgiving and re-reading it, thought it worth repeating. We have all had quite a year for many different reasons, Covid being among the top several. I will forego listing the others. Each of you has your own list. This Thanksgiving week is a very When you look at where you are, who you are and how you got here, it is unlikely the same kind of thinking and acting will get you to where you want to be. Marshall Goldsmith summed it up well with a book title, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.” (Hachette Books, 2007) In a recent email, Rashmir Balasubramaniam (https://rashmir.net) wrote the following: “I’ve been profoundly aware of the joy of being in purposeful, creative flow and also the conjunction of deep peace and playfulness that wise beings seem to embody (the Dalai Lama for example). I see it also in my wisest self when it all too Waking up this morning to yesterday’s election results shows what we all know, that this is a country that continues to be polarized, divided and fractured. Put in context, this is a reinforcement to what happened in 2016 and thereafter for the past five years and honestly, much longer than that. The political divisions are This trip has become a familiar one for me for the past 25 years. Regardless where we were living – NM in Santa Fe & Abiquiu, London, California, and now Arizona, the trek to Oklahoma City has been occasioned by family members living there, some originating there, some returning there and now dying there. S. We live in the interstices. One thing ends, another begins. A season ends and a season begins. A day ends and a new day begins. A job ends and a better job begins. A relationship ends, another begins. A life ends, other lives begin. We mark time by endings and beginnings – birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Four years ago we bought a new bed. One of our sons told us how great their new bed was and as we were about to purchase one, we checked out his brand to see what was so great. We tried several kinds, finally settled on a CA king with twin mattresses, a Tempur-Pedic Cloud 
MOMENTS BEING IN THE ETERNAL NOW
ADVENT 2021
FULL OF GRACE
DESIGNING PERSONAL CHANGE
JOY AND GRACE
WAKING UP
ANOTHER ROAD TRIP
ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
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