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Sometimes stuff happens that we need to pay attention to. This week seemed like a plethora of this kind of “stuff” kept happening. It was a “YMCA” kind of week- you know the kind- all aspects of the important things in life are in focus – “Body, Mind and Soul”.

Body

First thing was Randy and I started working out with a trainer at a local gym. This is going to be great. I actually have a body under all this flab. It felt so good to at least get started. My tennis is coming along very good too. We won the fall USTA 3.0 women’s league handily. I also got back in on the permanent slot at Wake indoors on Wednesdays through the winter. Body beware, here I come!

Mind

With my first big project under my wings at my new job, I took a vacation day to go to the Zig Ziglar Motivational Seminar in Charlotte with a close republican friend. She and I love to rib each other with nasty political jokes. The seminar had all the great Republican’s though and it was awesome – former Mayor Rudolph Juliani, George Foremen, former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell.- all were very motivating, awesome human beings! Even if they are Republicans.

Soul

Then the song “Oh My Soul” hit me sideways on the day before my period and I cried and cried the tears of release. It was a great Saturday to Saturday week!

Here are the words to the song and a link to the artist:

Kabir’s Song, from ANAND by Snatam Kaur

This song is inspired by words of Kabir ji, found in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib page 327. The words were composed by Livtar Singh Khalsa, Ganja Bhajan Kaur, and Snatam Kaur Khalsa.

Oh my soul, you come you go

Through the paths of time and space.

In useless play you’ll not find the way

So set yourself and go.

Sing such a song with all you life

You will never have to sing again.

Love such a one with all your heart

You will never need to love again.

Walk such a path with all your faith

You will never have to wander again.

Give yourself to such a Guru

You will never have to seek again.

Pray such a prayer with all your soul

You will never have to pray again.

Die such a death at the feet of God

You will never have to die again.

Breathe my love, breathe my love,

Breathe in the quiet center.

Be sure to allow the Active X control to play.

http://kindredspirits.ws/snatamkaur/

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For some reason I like people that are religious. Saturday night at the Tori Tribute, Lisa, that organized the event, is Buddhist. My former co-worker and friend, Jennifer is Chinese and was raised as much as possible, Muslim. I don't think she was raised very religious, though. But she is soulful. Just a couple of weeks ago, we had house guests that are "wanna be" missionaries and well on they're way to raising the funding with Wycliffe to do just that. And then there's Frank and Jill, minister of youth and music minister. We go on vacation with them at least somewhere once a year and have done so for 20 years. We met them for lunch Sunday. We used to be religious. But now I am a skeptic. A soulful skeptic. Especially with all this mumbo jumbo goin' on between the Christians, Jews and Muslims. Makes me skeptical. mmm? What would Jesus do? What would Moses do? What would "his name is so holy, it can not be spoken or written" do? Makes me shudder when I think of it. Geeze. I'd be mad. We are given all this beauty and we trash it. I like people that aren't too sure but KNOW there is something more. Somehow. There is something more. Gotta keep searching, keep praying; keep reaching out - in love, in kindness. It's not my place to be mad. I think there's enough of that to go around. Peace. Shalom.

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