Meredith Kendall's Blog, page 56

Dali Museum

St Pete, FL. Been there? Worth the trip?

Sounds surreal. I hope to be immersed in alternative reality of melting clocks in desolate landscape. Cheery!

Reiki

Reiki keeps me going. Reiki is my inspiration, my faith, my reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Well, family and friends too. Definitely family and friends. Love you and you know who you are. 

tonglen

Learning about it. Something about transmuting pain and stress into love and serenity.

home

Yesterday was my first day home in 2 weeks. I work a lot.

So I had that new vacuum cleaner, still in the box. There were leaves on the lawn, dirty dishes & laundry, and crapola piled up everywhere.

Got out, assembled, and used the vacuum cleaner. Oh, wow. I think the old vacuum cleaner was broken far longer than I realized. I kept using it, thinking I was cleaning, but finally noticed the heaps of dust and that the appliance had ooom but no vac. Ok, now dust is gone. House sparkles. Kind of wish my houseguests of last week could see. Only thing, with that new vacuum cleaner: I read the instruction booklet and it says I have to wash my hands after using because there is an abundance of lead on it. Warning: birth defects, etc. That seems wrong, right?

Raked leaves and piled them between the garden rows. Washed dishes and laundry, disposed of crapola. Took out trash. Trimmed bushes, mowed the lawn, and transplanted narcissus and chives. Swept the deck. Removed canopy from deck and stored in garage. Thought about sweeping garage: didn't. Moved and arranged rocks.

So yesterday was busy.

Today I sat in the sun in the summerhouse and read Rolling Stone and Oprah. Cooked and made lunches (and breakfast & suppers) for week. Washed dishes and laundry. Watched the leaves fall. Felt the sun and wind on my skin. Rested. Happy Sunday, dear reader. 

just breathe

Try to rest. Take deep breaths and feel the healthy energy of Reiki. Breathe in love and light, breathe out pain and emotion. Rest. Breathe.  Relax. Feel your cells spinning with healthy energy.

chakras, ley lines, meridians, and Reiki

Remember, Reiki doesn't reference an energy system (Read Pamela Miles, 2006, Reiki: A comprehensive guide, NY: Tarcher).

Reiki just is. It's inside and outside and all around us. It isn't specific. It's universal. Life force energy.

It isn't chakras, that's yoga. Or ley lines; that's cosmology. Meridians are Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

When I access Reiki, I don't send it to a chakra. Or down meridians. I just hold the energy and hold the space.

So just tune in to Reiki and relax. Heal. Feel the love.

a little distance, Reiki

The Reiki principles, like Buddhist tenets, advise us to step back a bit from life. Step back from drama.

Keep a distance from anger and worry. Be grateful, work hard, and honor your elders and teachers.

family and friends

and love are life.

Happy birthday to my son. You will be a wonderful, loving father and husband.

Hugs to my dear friends.

It was a sunny, mild day. There was good coffee, satisfying errands, a phone call with my sweet son, and a lovely day with dear friends. 

What if

what if you were so ill you didn't know if you would walk again. What if the one thing that motivated you to get better was returning to an October weekend in Maine. What if you had Reiki in the dark, on an October morning, and then walked to your bicycle to get ready for a 20 mile ride. What if.

nursing care plan

nursing  home primary diagnosis: for billing purposes, often vague symptomprimary medical diagnosis: for billing, pathophysiology of certain problems
nursing diagnosis: what's really happening right now
nursing care plan- algorithim, step by step of what to do for one certain problem right now today