The Callings of my soul...

Surfing through channels the other night (and yes, without pay TV, I have limited choices!!), but I caught a portion of Dr. Wayne Dyer talking about his new book "Excuses Be Gone!" and of course, that's a rather catchy title for a book!! Because, let's face it, we all make excuses from time to time to time about this, that and everything else at one time or another!!

This being PBS's pledge drive season, one sees a bit of the program, then interruptions for the pledge drives. The portion that caught my interest this phrase: "As I unclutter my life, I free myself to answer the callings of my soul." Wow.

Google calls clutter "A confused multitude of things" and "anything you own or possess that does not enhance your life on a regular basis". I don't know about the rest of you, but as I look around the rooms of my home, I realize that I have plenty of what could be called "clutter". But, I also realize that some of it represents memories that go way back to when my kids were little; or were things that 'spoke' to me for some reason, and I just had to have them. I try not to collect a whole lot of things, or make the things that I collect small enough not to be a burden. Like visiting places, I'll usually pick up a refrigerator magnet. Ooops, sorry, I've gotten off topic!

Then I had to see what was said about the "calling of my soul". Nothing definitive, but it conjured up a few thoughts for me. My soul is who I have been since the beginning, and who I am becoming, all at the same time. A life without a soul is a life without meaning. We all need some kind of meaning in our lives, otherwise, where would the purpose be? I believe that a soul withers from lack of caring and attention, but where does that come from? how do we do that? Living a soulful life takes courage and a willingness to look inward where our soul resides.

Your soul speaks to you with feelings, desires and preferences. If you were to listen... where would you find it? Perhaps it's within music that touches emotions; gardening; driving a country road with the windows down; the tangy scent of ocean breezes; a walk along the water's edge.

What would be on your list to creating a soulful life?

Take a moment .... and listen carefully ... is your soul calling out to you?

Soulful HUGS to everyone!!

Math and the TI-83

When she opened the door, she found her TI-83 arrived... Ahhh the six foot tall dark and handsome robot she'd ordered for the night.... Whoops! ..... *ahem* ... Wrong blog, let me start again...... *giggles*

For my next class, I enrolled in an online math class; figured it would be short and sweet, get it over with in the summer! With the heat here, we stay indoors a lot anyhow.... so..... but had I known, I might not have enrolled in this class!!

The course itself = $273, and financial aid covered that :) But then all the little things crept in. After all the information arrived (which of course was AFTER I enrolled and paid my tuition), I found I didn't have to purchase a book, but the online class access fee was $42.95. On top of that, I was informed that I had to have a TI-83 calculator! And of course, those are $100!!! But there's a place that rents them for $9/month. Ok, that's do-able!

The said calculator arrived today. Signature Required meant a trip to the post off (which was good, because I had two things to ship out...... ) When I arrived home and opened the package, to my surprise, there was a "gift" included in the package... a No.2 Pencil with eraser cap, and a 6" plastic ruler (watch out IRC fellas, I can now take measurements!!! hahahah) By the way, there are more commands on this thing than I know what to do with! ~~grin~~

The class was supposed to start on June 1, but me, being an eager beaver, wanted to get a jump on it, and started on Sunday, perusing and learning how to use the online tutorials and such. By Monday, I figured out where the homework assignments were being stored. So I got the first one done. To my disappointment, when I logged back in on Tuesday, there was a new assignment posted .... and an instruction for me to retake the first homework assignment. UGH!! I cannot get ahead if I have to keep going back!!

Is it August yet ???????

HUGS to everyone!