“So grateful my Aunt Sue has a great neuro-surgery team who is direct and straight and direct with the best options for her care.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
“Blessed to have a husband who makes me one of my favorite breakfasts this morning…Eggs In A Basket.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
“I appreciate being so productive today at work and go a lot of my many “To Dos” completed.” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
“I am thankful QFC had the barrel-aged feta cheese to add to our Greek Salad for dinner.”(Heather Houston 2-5-26)
“I am blessed to be on engagement #3 with my husband…EPIC!”(Heather Houston 2-5-26)
“I appreciate my partner making a new chicken dish from New Zealand, Herb & Miso Chicken With Creamy Polenta.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
“I am thankful I was able to get the launder done.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
“I am thankful my sewing machine was repaired and still going strong.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
“I am grateful for my sewing skills to repair my partner’s jeans so he had more than 1 pair of pants to wear.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
“I am blessed to have a warm safe home to live within.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
#20 Dance To The Music (Sly & The Family Stone) 👍🏼
Lyrics: Sing, get on up and dance to the music Get on up and dance to the music Dance to the Music, dance to the music Dance to the Music, dance to the music All we need is a drummer For people who only need a beat, yeah I’m gonna add a little guitar And make it easy to move your feet I’m gonna add some bottom So that the dancers just won’t hide You might like to hear my organ I said ride Sally ride, now (Cynthia, what? Gerry, what?) If I could hear the horns blow Cynthia on the throne, yeah Listen to me Cynthia and Jerry got a message that’s sayin’ All the squares, go home, yeah-yeah Listen to the voices Dance to the Music, dance to the music Dance to the Music, dance to the music
“What I mean by living to one’s self is living in the world, as in it, not of it.”
William Hazlitt (English Essayist, Drama and Literary Critic, Painter, Social Commentator, and Philosopher; April 10th, 1778 ~ September 18th, 1830)
“The world is too much with us…Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.”
William Wordsworth (English Romantic Poet; April 7th, 1770 ~ April 23rd, 1850)
“…despite all the doom and gloom that constantly assaults our senses, there is a way for us to ransom our lives and reclaim our futures: it consists in truning away from the world to recognize what in life makes us truly happy…But once we obtain this inner knowledge, we will possess the ability to transform our outer world.”
“You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know abut yourself.”
Beryl Markham (English-born Kenyan Aviator, Adventurer, Racehorse Trainer and Author; October 26th, 1902 ~ August 3rd, 1986)
“Wean yourself away from the opinions of others—however talented, creative, and celebrated they may be—as you continue to journey within. Absorb the shock of becoming aware that many of your preferences and opinions are not truly your own. BEgin, instead, to listen for the whisper of your authentic self telling you which way to go. We are always being shown the next steps of our uniquely personal journey.”
“Only when the clamor of the outside world is silenced will you be able to hear the Deeper Vibration. Listen carefully. Spirit’s playing your song.”
“Today I am committed to finding way to practice self-acceptance.” (Heather Houston 2-5-22)
Embrace what makes me unique.
Let go of the things I can’t change.
Identify my strengths.
Set goals.
Celebrate my accomplishments.
Plan ahead.
Think positively.
Be kind to myself.
Get involved.
Find support.
“Flash forward and I really have evolved into really accepting and loving myself. For most my life I struggled with trying to be something I thought others wanted me to be…a hamster on a hamster wheel. Now I am free to be me and that is perfect!” (Heather Houston 2-5-26)
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 39-40 of 501.
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Driving northbound to work on 23rd Avenue near Garfield High School, I spotted a beautiful bald eagle circling the Swedish Hospital campus area to the west of me. 🦅
Driving to work at the intersection of Rainier Avenue South and South Jackson Street, I spotted a beautiful bald eagle circling a couple apartment buildings in South King Street area. It was originally perched on one of the building about a block from where I was sitting at a stoplight. Suddenly, it dropped off the building and began catching the updrafts in a circle around this area. 🦅
My Distilled Life 