Next weekend is the national observance of Children's Sabbath. In preparation today in church we were given a paper hand with the name of a child to pray for this week. We were instructed to put this little hand someplace as a reminder. My little hand has the name of a girl whom I know nothing about. How can I pray for someone I don't know? It's easy. I will pray for health, safety, happiness, education, spirituality, and for those adults in her life. These prayers will reach out to this child, and serve as a reminder we need to pray for the children all over the world and close to home.
Today I went back to the interweb to find out what I could post about that would relate to sankalpa . "...Sankalpa has the potential to release tremendous power by clearly defining and focusing on a chosen goal." My chosen goal since May has truly been on being physically active. Since it's cold and miserable out, I've been being active inside instead of outside. December 6th (or something like that) was the last time I ventured outside for physical activity. I, however, have still been going to they gym and focusing on being physically fit (or at least burning enough calories to eat more food). Yesterday I received an early morning text from a friend in God's Country . President Obama was talking about "The President's Challenge" . Today (I tried yesterday and decided to put it off until today... forget out it... let it happen... put it aside... clear my mind of it... all probably sankalpa) I formed a group. The...
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