I drove up to the Peace Village yoga retreat listening to the rest of my most recent audiobook "How to Be a Stoic" by Massimo Piglicci and periodically checking-in with myself mentally, physically and emotionally/spiritually (as is one of the mindful practices I have adopted into daily life over the past year). About an hour and a half or so into the journey, I hit traffic. The ETA suddenly jumped far beyond the check-in window listed out I read in the email confirmation. I n

Earlier in the week, I got an email reminder about the retreat I had signed up for a month or two ago. As I read it, a part of me hesitated. The self-limitation I had been living with for over a year was staring me in the face. It would be the first time I would leave home for an overnight stay on my own, IF I went. This IF was a self-limitation I had been living with since Nelson's sudden death... always staying (if not simply sleeping) in our physical home, our sanctuary. T

As part of my continuing studies, research and development for my personal growth as well as ADJUST, I am participating in Stoic Week 2018. I sometimes use mind maps as a contemplative practice. I expanded on what resulted by looking up "control," "comfort," "safety" and other words that came to the surface. At first I ended up diving into Buddhism (philosophy and story of Siddharta Gautama--the original Buddha from India who is depicted with coils on his head); and during my