My Abundant Life 5-2-26

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May 2nd, 2026

Living in the House of Spirit

“How to be happy when you are miserable. Plant Japanese poppies with cornflowers and mignonette, and bed out the petunias among the sweet-peas so that they shall scent each other. See the sweet-peas coming up. Drink very good tea out of a thin Worcester cup of a colour between apricot and pink…”

Rumer Godden (British Author; December 10th, 1907 to November 8th, 1998)

“It was the small things that helped, taken one by one and savored. Make yourself savour them.”

Rumer Godden (British Author; December 10th, 1907 to November 8th, 1998)

“The soulcraft of creating and sustaining safe havens, set apart from the world, in which to seek and savor small authentic joys.”

“…everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.”

Indian proverb

“I spend time in each room everyday as that is living fully into every day and every moment.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 142 to 144 of 501.

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My Abundant Life 5-1-26

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May 1st, 2026

“Let all they joy be as the month of May.”

Frances Quarles (English Poet; May 8th, 1592 to September 9th, 1644)

“This month we turn our attention homeward, as we continue to weave simplicity into our daily round while reacquainting ourselves with the transformative power of the third Simple Abundance principle—Order.”

Everyday Epiphanies

“Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.”

Anne de Lenclos (French Writer; November 10th, 1620 to October 17th, 1705)

“We should write an elegy for every day that has slipped through our lives unnoticed and unappreciated. Better still, we should write a song of thanksgiving for all the days that remain.”

“…we’re startled into consciousness by an unforeseen threat to something that we hold dear and have been taking for granted. I call these luminous moments ‘everyday epiphanies,’ because they jar us into a profound awareness of how much we have, and how much we have escaped, and how much there is to be grateful for.”

“Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will be still enough to listen.”

“You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life, so that if it were over tomorrow, you’d be content.”

Jane Seymour (British Actress; February 15th, 1951)

“Being present for every breath IS the juice of life. Using up all the day and living each day like it is the best party ever is the key! Neil and I have a party everyday…intimate connection, marvelous cocktail, scrumptious dinner and holding hands watching our favorite cooking shows together IS our life juice.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 141 to 142 of 501.

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My Musical Life 4-30-26

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April 30th, 2026

#14 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Marvin Gaye) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Listen to me people
I ain’t got time to think about Money
Or what it can buy
And I ain’t got time to sit down and wonder
What make the birdies fly🪄
And I don’t have time to think about
What makes the flowers grow
And I’ve never given it a second thought
To where the rivers flow🪄
And I ain’t got time for nothin’ else🪄
I ain’t got time to discuss the weather
And how long it’s going to last
And I ain’t got time to do no studying
Once I get out of class🪄
I’m telling you I’m just a fellow with a one track mind
And when it comes to thinkin’ about
Anything but my baby
I just don’t have the time🪄
Oh yeah
And I ain’t got time for nothin’ else
Don’t you know I, I’m thinking about my baby
I ain’t got time for nothin’ else🪄
Yeah the world could ever match her wealth
She’s some kinda wonderful
Got heaven right here on earth🪄
‘Cause I’m just a fellow with a one track mind
And when it comes to thinkin about
Anything but my baby
I just don’t have the time🪄
I’m too busy thinkin’ about my baby
Oh I ain’t got time for nothin’ else
Too busy thinkin’ about my baby
Ain’t got time for nothing else

My Abundant Life 4-30-26

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April 30th, 2026

When Did You Feel Most Beautiful?

“I don’t believe makeup and the right hairstyle alone can make a woman beautiful. The most radiant woman in the room is the one full of life and experience.”

Sharon Stone (American Actress; March 10th, 1958)

“…Love was the common denominator that transformed me, not the outer trappings: love for my husband, love four our child. love for my work. This is perhaps the most important beauty lesson any of us can ever learn. Love has the power to transcend our physical limitations.”

“The more I wonder, the more I love.”

Alice Walker (American Novelist & Short Story Writer; February 9th, 1944)

“When wonder and love become as indispensable to you as foundation and blush, you will become the most radiant woman in the world.”

“I know for a fact that love recreates you. I have felt more beautiful with each passing year and seem to have found a ‘Fountain of Youth’ of sorts as I look and feel better now than I ever have. Each passing year is better than any before it. My husband Neil is my love elixir.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 138 to 139 of 501.

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My Musical Life 4-29-26

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April 29th, 2026

#13 Hair (The Cowsills) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
She asked him why
Why I’m a hairy guy
I’m hairy noon and nighty-night night
My hair is a fright🪄
I’m hairy high and low
But don’t ask me why
‘Cause he don’t know
It’s not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead, darlin’🪄
Gimme a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
Streaming, flaxen, waxen🪄
Give me down to there (hair)
Shoulder length or longer (hair)
Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy, daddy🪄
Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair🪄
I let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home for the fleas in my hair
A home for the fleas
A hive for the buzzin’ bees
A nest for birds
There ain’t no words for the beauty and the splendor
The wonder of my🪄
Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair🪄
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratsy, matsy
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen🪄
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied🪄
Oh, say, can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair’s too short🪄
Down to here
Down to there
Down to there?
Down to where?
It stops by itself🪄
Don’t never have to cut it
‘Cause it stops by itself🪄
Oh, give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen🪄
Now won’t you gimme it down to there? (hair)
Shoulder length or longer (hair)
Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy, daddy🪄
Hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Grow it, show it
Long as I can grow it
My hair (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Hair