snOMG

With all the snow recently, thing have been pretty quiet. We were snowed in all last weekend, and I did not get to work on Monday because the VRE, and the above ground metro stations were closed.


We managed to get the bed put together in the guest room, and cleaned the kitchen. The bathrooms are all functioning normally so we are good there. They still need to be painted, but there is no rush on that. Still need to finish painting the trim, and touching up in two or three little spots.


I started to work on the music room a little bit. Got a few shelves put together, and a few boxes empty. I do want to paint the room but I have no clue what color yet.


Nothing major happening right now. Things have just been on hold for a bit until this snow craziness lets up.

Check out this article about the snowball fight in DC
You don't bring a gun to a snowball fight!

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Loving Kindness Meditation

As both of you who look at this know, I have been studying up on Zen, and practicing meditation to work on some of my own stress related issues. I have been learning things about myself that I was not aware of in the process.


When Amy and I visited the Buddhist Monastery in Sterling we learned Metta (Loving Kindness) Meditation, and it was fantastic. We sat with others and a Monk from Africa, who taught us this meditation topic. We sat for an hour, and I have to say I felt completely relaxed and grounded, and completely connected to myself and everything around me. It was really an incredible experience.


I look around for info on Zen, on the web and anywhere else I can find it, and I stumbled upon a great little motivational website that recently posted an article on Metta (Loving Kindness) meditation. This does not go into any of the detail that I learned at the Monastery, but I just wanted to share it with you.

Check out this post at zenhabits.net

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Posted in loving kindness, meditation, zen