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"Your future life will be exactl...
2019-07-10
When KK & Jodi first arrived in Seattle from Hawaii, I took them to have a treat at the Panama Hotel Tea & Coffee Shop on Main Street because part of our Goto heritage is featured there. The b...
Appreciate being surrounded w...
2019-07-07
This past week, I was blest with visitors, Jodi & KK, from Hilo, Hawaii. I love the confidence almost 17-yr-old KK shows as she attended Tennis Camp at the Sandpoint Tennis Center. There is no dou...
CONNECTING TO UNIVERSAL A...
2019-06-28
In 1976, Sam and I went to learn how to buy fixer up houses and use them as our retirement income. Forty-Three years later, what is left after taxes is an important part of my retirement income. The b...
OUR LIFE FILLED WITH SEREND...
2019-06-26
Last week Heidi came to help me clear out some of Sam’s Dental Lab equipment stored on shelves in our GOK (God Only Knows) room downstairs. We talked about how she and Luli took such good care of Dr. ...
SYMBOL OF PERSISTENCE GOA...
2019-06-18
These reminders of persistence and goal setting need to be revisited daily and I appreciate having these symbols around to remind me of remembering the activities that "truly move my soul". I like to ...
LEARNING TO EXPECT TO FALL...
2019-06-13
Ike has been gone for almost 10 years but I still feel his presence because he taught me this principle of learning to fall/fail and I have cartoon strips like this to remind me of this great lesson o...
BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN M...
2019-06-06
The other day Kelly had me listen to a podcast interview of Hal Elrod - MIRACLE MORNING. This morning I listened to Stedman Graham - IDENTITY. Inspires me to write out and work on my own 5 point plan....
Pursuing the idea of daily hot ...
2019-06-02
One of the traditions I maintain is to have a hot bath every night. I'm further inspired by a story I just watched about Matsunoyama Hot Springs in Japan which got established because a hawk bathed in...
GOOD CONVERSATIONS ARE AD...
2019-05-31
The CHART was developed from a class that Sam and I took called PARENT EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING. It applies to all communication but particularly to PROBLEM TIMES. In each of us there is a PARENT-ADULT-...
A Way to Start Daily Practice o...
2019-05-28
Similar to the Judo practice sessions of bowing to honor the teacher and the dojo/practice room, I can start my day with mindfulness of my living space. Using the previous Ikebana Principle of flowers...