The First July 2019 101/1001 Update

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. - Ralph Waldo Emerson


Goals Completed: 35/108
Goals in Progress: 25

Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing Myself: No real progress. The norovirus has run its course, but that set me up for bad allergies and bronchoconstriction, and now I'm still coughing and congested from that.

Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I am still continuing to meditate daily for one more month, which will complete another goal. I've taken retreat at the Zen Monastery, living as a Resident, and I've completed three days of Noble Silence (no speaking, no reading, no eye contact), completing two more goals. I've sat for multiple hours in zazen, cleaned bathrooms, cleaned up in the kitchen, cut blackberries, resuscitated a blueberry garden, and mended fence - all in a meditative state. I've had some good insights about quality, satisfaction, structure, and what is truth for me. This was more needed than I realized. I was gifted a pouch for my wagessa, an old and respected gift. I was gifted many gifts and gave many in return. More Hiaku. *smile*

Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. Ol' Number 3 is still in the shop.

In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: Ol' Number 3 will still be relocating and deploying to the Base Station after she gets fixed by my mechanic. I've got a new contractor bid still in progress.

Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: No progress.

Haiku

mindful eating
gentle oryioki,
teaching gratitude

creative anger
cut away blackberries,
breathe it away

Zazen stillness: sit
with suffering, choose
pain - Warrior Spirit