BlogHide Resteemstravelman (60)in travel • 6 years agotravel memoriesHere is everything I started out with on my around the world trip. It ended before expected, didn't do as planned, and was better than expected and not as good as planned. The wool socks wore out.…travelman (60)in steemit • 6 years agoI’ve Been Away. What’s up with Ads on my Page??????Yeah, came back to reminisce about my trip and there are ads on what I thought was my page. Ads I have nothing to do with, don’t like, and it doesn’t look like I’m getting paid? What’s changedtravelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoDabbling in Meditation: Now is the Sculptor’s Chisel.I feel as though I exist in a gentle turbulence today, as though deep underneath the sea and I’m being tossed around by confused currents. I sat in my car, closed my eyes, and went into my daily…travelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoDabbling in Meditation: A Barking Dog Cannot Move a Tree.I meditated with my mother again today. It was a challenge. In my continuing effort to improve her breathing and thus lose her puttering cough, I instructed her to focus only on her inhalation and…travelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoDabbling in Meditation: A Family Affair.It’s been less than three weeks since I committed to meditating at least once a day. I began to notice benefits within the first week. Whether those benefits came out of placebo-like expectations or…travelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoDabbling in Meditation: Use EverythingI increased my meditation session in length by four minutes today, twenty-five minutes total of blowing thoughts away like leaves. A neighbor was using his leaf blow to pile leaves. Like other…travelman (60)in meditation • 6 years agoAdventures of a Novice Meditator: Looking Forward to the Next Now.After only a couple weeks, I’m now excited to meditate. I missed it yesterday and felt something was missing. I added a minute more onto my meditation today. It was 21 minutes, and it went by faster…travelman (60)in health • 6 years agoChanging Entrance Into My Mindscape to Invitaion OnlyI was struck today by how much difficulty I was having clearing my mind of a particular train of thought. It was a trivial train filled with thoughts of the Netflix show Haunting of Hillhouse. I…travelman (60)in habits • 6 years agoHow to Succeed at Life by Failing Over and Over AgainI listened to an interview with James Dyson, the inventor of the Dyson Vacuum, Dyson Fan, Dyson Hand dryer, etc. He remembered the exact number of vacuum cleaner prototypes he made that didn’t work…travelman (60)in meditation • 6 years agoDabbling with Meditation: What I’m getting out of it.MEDITATION AFTER THOUGHTS I’m about two weeks into my efforts. It’s been sporadic. I’ve missed somedays and my sessions were under ten minutes in my first few attempts. I was working my way up to…travelman (60)in life • 6 years agoWin the first hour to win the day!I discovered Jon Kwik of Kwik Learning yesterday. You can find his presentations and interviews on YouTube. Something that is sticking with me, and that I’ve heard in the past but is only now…travelman (60)in life • 6 years agoReindeer GamesI took this pic in the Summer of 2015, so much has happened since then, and so much hasn’t. I was driving up the PCH, all the way to Olympic National Park. These are take from my car window in…travelman (60)in life • 6 years agoFailure to Re-LaunchJust sick of starting overtravelman (60)in life • 6 years agoSelf- Control is a Ridiculous ConceptIsn’t it? When you really think about it. I am me, yet I can’t control me? Then who is doing the controlling? It’s like we’re souls driving spaceships. The ship is the hardware, and the onboard…travelman (60)in life • 6 years agoI WENT ON A TRIPI saw some great friends and had some great times. Thankful to all those who hosted me. Now I’m planning and preparing for the next stage of this long strange trip called life (the last six words of…travelman (60)in travel • 6 years agoSunrise in Richmond indianaFive minutes before I took this it was a hundred times cooler. Nothing can stay gold Pony Boy. Today is 10/19/18.travelman (60)in travel • 6 years agoDouble Rainbow outside UTAH CANYON LANDS PARKTook a drive out westtravelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoCyCles Chapter 8CYCLES CHAPTER 8 I woke at the crack of dawn; no bears, bums, or park rangers had come by to attack or ticket us. I was unreasonably nervous. I felt like a child who didn’t want to get in trouble…travelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoCYcLES CHAPTER 7CYCLES CHAPTER 7: The Ferry ride was windy. I took a picture of Matt leaning into the wind on the deck. We rode from the southern tip of the island to our campground somewhere further north. It…travelman (60)in writing • 6 years agoCYCLES CHAPTER 6: No One’s Died...YetCYCLES CHAPTER 6 Big Red grinned at us like we were old friends, “Well, if it ain’t Bo and Luke Duke and their trusty General Lee!” Granted, he got Pamela Lee confused with the car from the Dukes…
