I sometimes say that having goals is a dangerous place to be when you are starting a meditation practice. Why is that?
What I am not saying I am not suggesting that you should cast aside all of the reasons that you decided to start meditation. That would be ridiculous. The reasons that you started asking questions about meditation or sought out meditation instruction, are the motivating factors that will drive your initial forays into meditation.
The Hawaiian Islands are kept cool by NNE trade winds. Those are the winds that one experiences most of the time here. Occasionally those winds are replaced by Kona winds. These winds blow from the south and the weather becomes hot & muggy. For a couple of days over Christmas, Kona winds were blowing over Maui. With them the south shore became wetter than the north, it is normally the other way round, and the ocean on the north shore was pretty much calm - usually during the winter the surf returns to the north shore.
Like some other posts here, I write this to remind myself as much as anything else. I fall into old habits very easily and then something happens that jolts me into a reminder that there is another way of seeing the world. Christmas this year has done just that.
Christmas There are a few things that I like about Christmas. I don’t like the commercialized frenzy that Christmas seems to have become.
The rain and strong winds of the last few days appear to have blown themselves out. This morning we are waking up to a quiet, still day, some scattered cloud but blue sky as well. It feels peaceful and restful.
I’m mightily impressed with Apple’s delivery. I ordered a refurbished MacBook Air for my wife late on Wednesday night. They said it would be with me on Monday. It arrived - in Maui, at my home - this afternoon (Friday), less than 2 days later. All this at the height of the Christmas mailing rush.
I had a scare this morning. I powered up my MacBook Air and was presented with an Apple message saying that I had forgotten my password, which I hadn’t, I hadn’t even typed it in. I was given three options. I chose the one that said I couldn’t use my keyboard (which was sort of true). That after switching off and starting up my Air twice to see if it was just a burp from the computer - no such luck.
I just realized that I did not post anything on micro.blog yesterday. I got busy and just forgot. My first day without posting at least since Microblogvember began. That’s definitely a personal record.
Brush fire near Paia in Maui. I am currently about two or three miles away, but can smell the fire and ash is falling. It has been burning for three hours now.
When you are the solitary introvert or HSP amongst many who are not. When you are the quiet one and your actions or needs are looked on as being off or odd. When you are looked on as not fitting in, and the sole justification is because of what everyone else is doing. When your different needs are seen as wrong because and simply because no one else present has them, and everyone else is doing something else.
The Jaws Big Wave competition here on Maui gets the green light for tomorrow, Thursday. Competitors will be paddling to surf 35ft to 50ft waves. Good luck to them all. May they be safe.
