The new settings are in the metro area of Philadelphia and clearly my life as I knew has evaporated and reminds me of The Blue Mountain and The White Cloud, do not get me wrong all of this is my joyful conscious choice. Challenges ahead are real and here not just conceptualized issues in need of speculative solutions.
Spent the last 14 months preparing for this as a resident trainee at the Rochester Zen Center in Rochester, New York. On a separate track Sundance and Inipi have been major factors in preparation fro the move to New Jersey. These two wonderful traditions would not have been possible without help from selfless and tireless work of the Anonymous fellowship of AA and for that am eternally grateful.
Now the hope is that some of the positive energy from the mentioned resources will transmit to the education of 3 grandchildren. My daughter Abby is a competent parent and incredible advocate to her children. Her plate is more than full for the next 3 years. One kid with a challenging handicaps and discipline issues that seem like energy sucking problems, well problem for the grown ups not a problem to this 5 year old, in her eyes all is pretty much well in her life except mommy, she has a problem ...with life, so she appears to think.
Now if your life radar is 5 miles=years across well it is a concern that can be dealt with some giving in to this wonderful child however if you shift the range of your radar to 10 years now we are watching the winds of a 15 year old adolescent ....oh my God, not a pretty picture. Sooo we have work to do.
Seriously my life has changed and my goals have been tweaked, clearly affecting this blog.
These are exciting times my friends. Looking forward to jump off the cliff with my heart open wide.
I thank you for reading and is my hope that whatever positive insight and practical trick in parenting and coping with life will be useful to you.
With love and gratitude, yours truly, RedSerpent.
