So fellow travelers, navigating major highways in heavy rain requires a kind of intense focus which you don’t realize is exhausting until you arrive at your destination. It’s an apt metaphor for the level of focus and energy my job has required for several weeks now. Often at the end of the day I arrive […]
All posts in category Gratitude
Make a Joyful Noise
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 28, 2018
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Distant Light
So fellow travelers, much of what has come when writing has been a litany of complaints. Cold, wet weather. Heavy grey skies. A dismal monotony of ongoing stress. Nothing to post because doing so would validate the dreadful waste of precious time my days at work have become. Being required to attend yet do nothing […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on May 8, 2018
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Art Class
So fellow travelers, making space in my days for creative time has become an essential element in my practice of stress management. There are other aspects in my plan including trail walks (weather permitting, which it has not for far too long into what should be Spring), yoga, meditation, and periodic end of the week […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 19, 2018
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Rejoice
So fellow travelers, this Easter Fools morning greeted me with a joyous serenade. Sweet notes, bright enough to wake me just before dawn. As I watched Light gently transform the last shadows of the night through the window I caught a glimpse of orange as the solo songster flew off towards another tree. So clear […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on April 1, 2018
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Christmas 2017
So fellow travelers, the last of our Candle Night lights has been lit. Christmas Day has come. Beautifully wrapped gifts from my dear friend Lisa. There will be gifts and greetings shared with family near and far. We will linger over hearty meals and hugs. Thanks to the technology of Skype we will be together […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on December 25, 2017
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Autumn Zinnias
via Daily Prompt: Gratitude So fellow travelers, today’s blog prompt from WordPress is Gratitude. With a forecast for heavy winds, rain and plummeting temps I knew the flowers still lingering in my garden were better cut and brought inside to enjoy than left to the elements. Gratitude today Is gathering zinnias So late […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 29, 2017
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Zen Moment: Park Bench
So fellow travelers, warm weather continues to linger and I’ll take it in as long as I can. Yesterday a passing front left behind dramatic clouds, promising photo ops worth the drive to the other end of the lakefront park where Delilah and I often walk. It’s not far, but that end of the park […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 25, 2017
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Zen Moment : Secret Smile
So fellow travelers, it’s that time of year when darkness begins to encroach on both ends of my day. Now sunrise kisses the sky just as I am headed in to work. A few days ago, I caught sight of the last faint sliver of the waning 4th quarter moon. Just a wisp of light, […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on October 19, 2017
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Old Friends
So fellow travelers, once in a while I get text alerts from NASA letting me know the International Space Station will be visible as it passes over my location. Photo credit: Society for Popular Astronomy Ever since my first sighting a few years ago, I get a thrill from spotting this brilliant white speck as […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on September 22, 2017
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Zen Moment Sunset in Astoria
So fellow travelers, this moment from an evening post dinner walk in Astoria. Sunset boardwalk stroll Cherished moments together Gifts of time and love Walk gently on the path my friends and may adventure find you ready.
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 20, 2017
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