The breaking point

The Downsides: I pride myself on being able to brush off stress. It doesn’t touch me. I don’t let it bother me. It’s not worth wasting energy on. Blah blah blah. Those are my usual adages…until this week.
This week has kicked me in the ass and I’m having a hard [...]

Letting it out

St. Patrick’s Day is huge in Montreal. There’s a gigantic parade, the longest-running in North America I believe (although, maybe it’s just Canada, not sure). And way too much partying to even describe. This year I was in London….Ontario. St. Patrick’s Day was the hugest of flops. I started out [...]

Bad Start

Why today is probably not going to be a good day:
-I didn’t sleep at all last night. I was done my work at 11, but I still couldn’t sleep.
-I feel like I’ve been having an unending panic attack for the past 24 hours
-I feel like I’m going to throw up every time I think [...]

Compromises

I took a led class on Saturday morning, because I was at my parents’ place, and thus close to the Burlington shala. I know, I know, it’s shocking, I actually did some yoga for a change. Cheryl taught a lovely modified primary (i.e. less than half of primary). They’ve taken over the room [...]

Open Window

Love, I see you there
adrift on the air
floating by the open window
ah, the sentiment of love
reflections I speak of
what can enter
when our hearts are open
Here witnesses appear
and recognize how sacred love can be
when stated
Shared, shown for all to see
the beauty that can be
when love is cultivated
Our love is a sacred thing
like the mysteries of the [...]

Panicking

So, I woke up at 4a.m. this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep until around 5a.m. I was in total panic attack mode. All of the sudden everything that I have to get done over the next 6 weeks just hit me. And it hit me hard. I started making [...]