Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

(from “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver)

1.  Write

This blog, most every day.  Maybe two hundred words … about people and things and moments that touch me.  (And tomorrow is a very big day for this!)

2.  Memorize the Lyrics of Beautiful Songs

It’s hard work for me, and happy work.  My older brain appreciates the stimulation.  And therefore I shall live to 104.

3.  Sing

At open mic sessions – Salvatore’s and Minard.  And in the future … on the street.  Hopefully on the Langemunt or nearby.  A microphone, a speaker, no basket, and me.  Songs that move.

4.  Play Cello

Fine melodies, played slowly.  All the time in the world.  “Imagine” as an instrumental.  The final note drifting off in the air.

5.  Strength Training on Weight Machines and Cardiovascular on the Cross-Trainer

Staying strong … so I can keep climbing the fifty steps to my apartment till I’m ninety.  I also want to develop the perfect U-shaped body.

6.  Doing the Mutual Awakening Practice at Meetings of the Evolutionary Collective

True connection with other members of the human race, one at a time.  The ego fading away.  Time disappearing.  All is well.

7.  Meditating

Most every day, in my sweet meditation chair.

Showing me a path to quiet, to soft, to still.

8.  One-to-one Conversations

What’s important in our lives, what’s real, what opens our hearts.

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These are the days I’m creating