edgecity http://edgecity.com Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. —D.H. Lawrence Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 simple gratitude http://edgecity.com/30000-days/simple-gratitude?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-gratitude http://edgecity.com/30000-days/simple-gratitude#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:39:52 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=174 Continue reading →]]> grateful and thankful for having food to eat.
grateful and thankful for having clothes to wear.
grateful and thankful for having a roof over my head.
grateful and thankful for the love in my life.
grateful for the pooch. and his smile.
grateful for the willingness to move forward.
grateful for another day of life.
grateful for the awareness I possess.

]]> http://edgecity.com/30000-days/simple-gratitude/feed 0 today’s gratitiude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/todays-gratitiude?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=todays-gratitiude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/todays-gratitiude#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:31:53 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=170 Continue reading →]]> with the pain of this isn’t what I was hoping for, this isn’t what I want, comes being grateful for what my life is today. the kind of gratitude that lets go of a need for change in this moment. the pain of knowing that how I am has harmed another gnaws at me.

  • grateful  I have enough to eat
  • grateful I have shelter
  • grateful I have relative health
  • grateful I have a partner who loves me very much
  • grateful I get to love her
  • grateful I have an opportunity to make at least some very small positive difference in the world.
  • grateful I’ve had the opportunities given to me
  • grateful I’m sober and don’t want to be intoxicated.
  • grateful I was able to get sober and stay that way for 27 years.
  • grateful I have clothes to wear and a car to drive
  • grateful to be alive another day
]]> http://edgecity.com/gratitude/todays-gratitiude/feed 0 grateful I see the apparent effects of choice http://edgecity.com/30000-days/grateful-i-see-the-apparent-effects-of-choice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grateful-i-see-the-apparent-effects-of-choice http://edgecity.com/30000-days/grateful-i-see-the-apparent-effects-of-choice#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:38:18 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=167 Continue reading →]]> How much do I choose my life? Who knows, but how I handle that question does affect my life. And I keep forgetting that. If I choose to eat a coffee cake, the outcome and path of my life are different than if I drink raw juice instead. Total choice and total predetermination both seem naíve and short-sighted. I do see when I choose differently than what I intend for myself, it takes the wind out of my sails. that is worth taking notice of. I’m grateful I can see that. Awake enough to see that. That puts a little wind back in my sails.

]]> http://edgecity.com/30000-days/grateful-i-see-the-apparent-effects-of-choice/feed 0 peaceful gratitude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/peaceful-gratitude?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peaceful-gratitude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/peaceful-gratitude#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:31:56 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=163 Continue reading →]]> feeling at peace this morning for no particular reason. grateful for that.

grateful  I was able to shop at the market and get fresh vegetables. the day may come when that will be a luxury.  grateful to all the people who worked to grow and transport the food. the clerk helped me by going in the back and getting some larger bags of carrots. appreciating his enthusiasm for his job.

still breathing another day, another chance to live.

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“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.” —Mary Pickford

Today, I’ll pick myself up again. fall 7 times, get up 8. Maybe I needed to learn that even if I do fall and break and can get up again and go.

]]> http://edgecity.com/30000-days/getting-back-up/feed 0 more on failing… http://edgecity.com/30000-days/more-on-failing?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-on-failing http://edgecity.com/30000-days/more-on-failing#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:38:21 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=154 Continue reading →]]> this quote got me. given the game winning shot 26 times and missing, and still maybe the greatest player ever. chin up, move forward.

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

]]> http://edgecity.com/30000-days/more-on-failing/feed 0 maybe this will inspire you then… http://edgecity.com/new-economy/maybe-this-will-inspire-you-then?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maybe-this-will-inspire-you-then http://edgecity.com/new-economy/maybe-this-will-inspire-you-then#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:55:54 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=150

“What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life.” —Srully D. Blotnick

This has actually happened for me before. I want to trust it can again.

]]> http://edgecity.com/new-economy/maybe-this-will-inspire-you-then/feed 0 the 30000 day diet http://edgecity.com/30000-days/the-30000-day-diet?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-30000-day-diet http://edgecity.com/30000-days/the-30000-day-diet#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:42:26 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=148 to help avoid cancer and live 30000 days as healthfully as possible: eat garlic, leeks, broccoli, kale, spinach, radicchio, etc.

]]> http://edgecity.com/30000-days/the-30000-day-diet/feed 1 gratitude list for sunday morning http://edgecity.com/gratitude/gratitude-list-for-sunday-morning?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gratitude-list-for-sunday-morning http://edgecity.com/gratitude/gratitude-list-for-sunday-morning#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:41:09 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=140 Continue reading →]]> This morning’s gratitude list:

  1. Grateful for the snow. it’s soft beauty and quieting nature. that I can go and shovel the snow, my body still allows me to do that. feels so good to work. I feel more alive and vital in the cold.
  2. grateful for my partner. for her honesty and perseverance, and help showing up for a difficult conversation. deepens my trust in us and in life.
  3. grateful for the hound. he is pure play 24/7. biting the shovel as I work, pushing the ball around the yard, growling to get our attention to play with him.

may we all live each day of our lives.

]]> http://edgecity.com/gratitude/gratitude-list-for-sunday-morning/feed 0 Autistic Gratitiude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/autistic-gratitiude?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autistic-gratitiude http://edgecity.com/gratitude/autistic-gratitiude#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:41:03 +0000 mark http://edgecity.com/?p=136 Continue reading →]]> This video shows what is possible when love comes before reason. Grateful I can see the value of love. grateful others have loved me when I really needed it. grateful I can speak, and especially grateful when I can speak what is true in my heart, when it can emerge unedited and whole.

Watch this video on YouTube.

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