Rumi

streetmystic posted this and I had to copy and keep for myself -- and share.



All day I think about it, then at night I say it.
Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing
I have no idea.
My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that,
and I intend to end up there.

~ Rumi (Translated by Coleman Barks)

"Signs & Portents"

Neither of my menfolk had watched Babylon-5, and I am taking great pleasure in remedying this condition. I own seasons 1-4 on DVD but hadn't watched more than an isolated episode or two in years. Now we're just about halfway through season one. Watching it all again, seeing it unfold and being able to appreciate the dropped hints and foreshadowing but not remembering all the details, has been great.

Even so, I was unprepared for the impact of watching "Signs and Portents" for the first time in years. ( Shadows and Questions )

Wreaking Order

Now that I've had breakfast, done LJ, and generally enjoyed the benefits of an hour or so of quiet alone time, it's time to get busy.

I did get the big storage bin cleared out yesterday, but now the small percentage of the contents which I'm keeping are in stacks on my dining room table. Next chore is to head up to Office Depot to buy more hanging files and manila folders to get them put away. Then I get to tackle the bin that's been sitting under the corner desk in my living room.

Also on today's "must do" list is a grocery run.

On the "Hope to Do" list is a trip to Half Price Books with yet more I-don't-need-these-anymore books. There are already two bags in the trunk of my car, and as I ate breakfast this morning I saw more on the shelves that can go.

I keep saying this, but as the actual moving date keeps moving closer (even though I don't know exactly when it will be), I feel more and more urgent that I do not want to carry forward with me anything that truly does not belong in the next stage of my life. It's time to let go of a lot of old things that are neither loved nor useful. Time to make room for more blessings, more energy, more space in my life and in my home. I want to have room to live my current life, not be confined by the relics of my past.

QoS Likes It!

I dislike most salads.
I dislike most vegetables, truth be told, which is something that makes healthy eating challenging for me.

However, _storyteller_ made a salad for me tonight that I wolfed down and am looking forward to eating again.

As a public service, I am providing this link to his Shrimp and Couscous Salad.

Enjoy!

Victory Over Old Papers!!

Yesterday I emptied the big blue bin, recycled most of the contents, and placed the rest in orderly piles on my dinner table.

This evening I removed every scrap from those piles and either filed them, recycled them, or found someplace else sensible to put them.

I've also found some missing files, and I've started a new three-ring notebook for spiritual and magical papers and images. I have at least a dozen files and folders and notebooks that are currently stashed in a variety of places, none of which encourage actual use of said papers. I want to have them all in one place where I can browse and cross-reference more easily.

It's 9pm. I may help myself to a bit more of _storyteller_'s salad, then start getting ready for bed. The Daughter is out with her dad having a late dinner, and I'm hoping he gets her home soon.

'night, all. . .