Today is December 29, 2012, and provided that my calendar is
correct and there are only 2 days remaining in 2012, I will have successfully
kept my New Year’s resolution of 2012.
Here are the highlights of this year, which I will happily forfeit to
the coming year, pimples and all.
11)
I started
a blog, which I’d been dreaming about for years. You are here now. It might be a nightmare, but you will
probably wake up soon. From what I
understand, proper sleep is only obtained during the hours of 4am-6am, usually inadvertently
interrupted by cell phone alarms and realizations that you haven’t checked your
bank account balance in the past 4 days.
22)
I’ve mixed and co-mingled my hearts’ true
desires- What began as a Buddhist Peace and Justice League Occupier became a
Code Pink Wannabee ( I’m wearing Purple
anyhow) which became a Chef for the Homeless.
Last night, Ken Finberg and I served 43 meals to folks who were cold, starving in
various ways, and very, very grateful. My biggest regret: not giving both a slice of home-baked pumpkin
bread AND a home-baked chocolate/mint-chocolate chip cookie to the 14-year-old homelesss
kid. He was so kind, and the decision seemed
a big part of who he was at that very moment.
I let him make it, and I sure as hell hope he enjoyed my pumpkin
bread. I would like to kiss him, but I’m
so sick still___ it would probably suck for him for much longer than it would have
made me feel really special.
33)
I topped off the year on Christmas Eve, which
most are wont to observe with fierce tradition, with a request for Ordination into
the Triratna Buddhist Order. If you
think that it’s wrong to follow intention #2 with this #3 highlighted intention,
you’re perfectly Right. That is, unless,
you know the meaning of the Three Jewels, which I’m still defining in my own
right. Oh, God, please let me be wrong.
14)
I left the tax office – this time for good. Somehow, being at the right place at the right time, I found the right team of women (and man) to support with my bookkeeping skills. Forward Together advocates for reproductive justice, gender justice, youth
activism, and strong families’ rights in groundbreaking ways. I
couldn’t have landed in a better place, and it has renewed my appreciation for
my own work, as well. It’s about time!
55)
If you’ve never listened to and communicated
with birds, you and I are probably from the same planet, and I’m okay with
that. As one sentient being to another,
you’re probably hearing a different drummer.
Obviously, I’m a cellist without a bow.
But I do have one of those Wa-Wa distortion pedals. I’m still __ just sayin’.
66)
Sit down now.
Pull up a cushion. It’s comfy and
your back could use the break.
Obviously, recognition will follow. . .
77)
I became a library technician in December of
2012. Finally, I finished a course I set
out to complete. I didn’t drop out. I didn’t make excuses on my mid-term, my
final, my unpaid internship, nor my application for certification. I deserve this certification like nothing I’ve
ever earned before (AND I’ve previously earned NO degrees), and I am the best
Library Technician you’ve never met.) To
date, you will still find me struggling with the fact that I’m 46 years old and
I dreamed of starting a new career helping people find resources that rock
their world, in a library setting. Um,
sorry, can’t pay the bills that way. So,
get used to the fact, please, that because of our incredibly high standard of
living in the Western World, NOBODY pays their bills the minute they
arrive. WE postpone – artfully,
gracefully, until belief turns into disbelief, and everything is back to normal===cy.
88)
I stopped
here, because I am full of it. Surly, there is some blog that continues on
to 10 . I urge you to go there now.
99)
Silence, please.
The more you say, the less there is for me to say.
110)
I like to take things slowly.
Except for the fact that ALL WARS SHOULD END
AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
I AM SURE ALL
SOLDIERS AND SPOUSES AND OFFSPRING AND SECOND-LINE COMBATANTS AND INCENDIARIES
WILL ENDORSE THIS.
Whom did you endorse
in the Elections of 2012?
(Still
asking_________________________________________________+ ?)
111)
A sacred number, according to Pythagoras.
112)
A baker’s dozen, deserves one more.
113)
I choose 11.
But he’s inherently involved.
No more batter.
Please.
Did you know that the number 4 equals Work? What is work to you? Is it your life number? If it were, what would it mean to you? Is there a difference when there is a personal definition? If so, I urge you to define each moment with a personal definition, and watch IT take shape. See the difference? That is
Presence____My Resolution for 2013.
A Tribute to Marshall Davis Jones:
http://www.reverbnation.com/marshalldavisjones
A Tribute to Ken Finberg:
You Rock!!!!! And what's more, You Rock On A Bicycle!!!!
