Playful Actions (Photos)

As background for the following, I invite you to read my

• Brief Self-Introduction
• Current Activities page

and, if you're feeling especially ambitious, my

• Worldview Summary

Also, I invite you to read any of these, related comments that I posted this month:

• The No Contest Paradox
• "Abnormal" Limitations
• Distinguishing Praise and Appreciation
• Should and Enough
• Needs, Empathy, Rosenberg, Maslow
• Valuing All Human Needs
• Hume, Rand and Axel on Consciousness

Playful Actions (Text Summary)

• helping Dad get up in the morning
• helping Dad dress
• preparing food for Dad
• driving Dad and Aliana to the hospital for Dad's outpatient rehabilitation
• homeschooling with Aliana, emphasizing reading, drawing and exploring
• driving home
• eating waffles prepared by Cherita
• catnapping
• spending time with Aliana sweeping parts of the garage floor and exercising
• lifting weights (legs)
• doing abdominal exercise with the stability ball
• stretching upside down for 15 minutes or so
• walking on the treadmill for 11 minutes
• listening to about 30 minutes of the class discussing Chapter 4 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, with the class presented by Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle
• shaving, showering, dressing
• downloading images that I photographically generated today
• recording what I ate throughout the day
• reading more of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
• reading more of No Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn
• reading more of The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
• eating chili prepared from scratch by Cherita
• driving to church and attending the next session of the Enlightenment class (part of The History of Christianity, with emphasis on intellectual history) at Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist (CCUU); today's session focused on materialists including Diderot, as well as Rousseau and Voltaire; I assisted with the playing of the DVDs - I really enjoyed the class today
• driving home
• preparing this blog entry

Playful Reflections (Text)

Impression of the Day

I felt at peace at church and elsewhere much of the day. I attribute this to the influence of Eckhart Tolle.

Worldview Elaboration

To be continued...

Gratitude

• I'm grateful to myself for exercising today, which helped meet my need for taking joyful action and for promoting my health.
• I'm grateful to myself for eating more consciously today than I often did last week.
• I'm grateful to myself for generating conscious presence today.
• I'm grateful to Aliana for her companionship and communication.
• I'm grateful to Aliana for collaborating with me in her homeschooling.
• I'm grateful to Cherita for her productive, professional work and economic support.
• I'm grateful to Cherita for her help caring for Dad.
• I'm grateful to Eckhart Tolle for writing his book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. It continues to help me meet my needs for learning, growth and peace.
• I'm grateful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey for presenting the class discussing Chapter 4 of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, which helps me meet my need understanding.