Somebody once said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Whoa! I’m traveling in Maine, beautiful family wedding on the rocky coast. Just be present, that was the mandate. Plus, make sure I have what I need as a foundation. So I called ahead to make sure there would be food I could eat (there was, and a lovely meal it was). But just in case I travel with tuna cups and v-8 juice. I never know how things are going to shake out and it’s a good idea to have a plan B. A few years ago I was on a press trip to Belize; it was soft adventure, and there were some slightly hairy times on slippery rain forest trails and so on. I asked one of the seasoned travel journalists along what marks a good travel. “Ability to go with plan B,” she answered. That says it. But I have to have a plan be. Which means as best I can I don’t attach to particular outcomes and as quietly as possible take care of my own needs. Chance favors the prepared mind. If I want my life to progress and deepen, I have to attend the details, but not get so invested in them that I’m all shook up (and sent back two steps) and stuck. For today, I’m prepared, taking care of business and trying to keep an open mind, and to be aware of plan B, and maybe C, D, etc. xox

I made a deep and important decision yesterday during my prayer and meditation time. Nothing, but nothing comes before Love, which is how I’m thinking, feeling and experiencing in my body my God as I understand God. Love comes first. Not work. Not family. Not personal whims and wishes and urges. Nothing at all. Simple. Powerful. Healing. Centering. Consoling. I wanted you to know because this is an us/we life and program and I need witnesses. I just keep coming back to the Love-place in my body, heart and soul, and feel more focused and centered than I have in a long, long time. This new awareness is a powerful, because it is the truth of my existence, not all the daily details that sometimes derail me. I still have to suit up and show up. Those details must be attended. If I only sat alone with this Center Love, what would THAT look like? No, I have to move in the world with it, too. But it’s the center place, the home place.