My Zen Den

Less anxiety in life has a direct effect on your blood pressure. Lower blood pressure will have a major effect on your heart, lungs, and brain. This all adds to the fact that Nuns will see many more years then t

Jeff and I looked forward all week to watching the Perseus Meteor Shower. At 11:00 p.m., we took our pillows and blankets out on the driveway. We each poured ourselves a glass of whiskey and stretched out on the driveway and looked skyward. While in our wildest imagination we could close our eyes and see "what we hoped for", we ended up seeing five or six flashes of light........just like a shooting star which ended up being "what we got". Still, it was a wonderfully mystical experience and as we laid there we wondered where it all began and marvelled at our insignificant place in this Universe. What we hoped for............what we got.

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 148–158

"If what you say offends another person, that’s their problem.If what you say threatens another person… that’s your problem."

I hate, hate, loathe these online articles. They make me feel awful about my decorating (or lack thereof) abilities. Here's a picture of MY coffee table (above). What does it say about me? I'm pretty damn sure it says "clean me" and "pay your bills you slob". http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/home/chi-coffee-table-guide-photos-20111116,0,4539050.photogallery?index=ct-sc-home-1114-coffee1.jpg-20111115 How I wish it could look like this.