My Sunday List
April 23, 2023
Quote
But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and porphyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.
Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. —Simone Weil
Song
Go Easy, Kid by Monica Martin.
So pretty I can hardly stand it. Ms. Martin is something else. She has a vocal quality that’s one in a billion. And this song — I wish someone had said this to me twenty years ago.
I watched
Hayes and I were at the beach and wanted to laugh. This was perfect for that. He’d never seen it. Then he saw Paul Rudd do the monologue in the mirror. Need I say more?
Book
Still haven’t replaced this. I’ve been catching up on yard work and hanging out with John Henry. I need to borrow my sister’s copy.
Thing
Iced coffee.
If there’s any left in the pot from the morning, sometimes I’ll make one on a summer afternoon. I worked in the yard for several hours yesterday and it was the perfect thing give to me a boost into evening.
Favorite Photo I Took This Week
John Henry. Friday night on the porch. Home.
Prayer
Thank you, Great Spirit, for letting me notice, for letting me be open, for showing me what I need to see.
Intention for the week to come
May I be humble and self-aware.
Something I’m thinking about
Dharma vs. Dogma
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Buddha
Habit
Waiting.
Sometimes it’s good to take a beat. I’m trying to get better at just letting a thing settle.
Then to add to that — and this is super hard — if you must say something after you wait, then say what is right before you say what is wrong.
I set quite a bar for myself, don’t I? It’s okay. My intentions are good.
Wish
That I feel peace this week. That you do too.
That you will forward this to one person and that person becomes a subscriber too.
Have a wonderful, peaceful, joyous week. And thank you for supporting my work here at The Autotelic.
Lots of love,
Allison
I look forward to reading your posts!
I relate so much to your thoughts and appreciate your music and book suggestions...love until the flame turns blue.
My husbands name was John Henry...
Thank you for being here.
Once again you have blown me away with your writing and your beautiful artwork and that pictures of John Henry is so sweet and very uncharacteristically wonderful and the music you chose is so beautiful
✌ and ♥ ,
Sal