eightfold...

1. coming back from the brink of death as a young girl due to surgery complications… waking up with a profound knowledge of something beyond my own understanding…
2. the uncontrollable urge to find the beauty in everything…
3. singing… my own songs… in front of hundreds, thousands of onlookers… mindlessness of a final verdict or judgment…
4. being an acolyte when I was little… the memory of how wonderful and privileged I felt to be able to light the candles each sunday…
5. living in the moment… and being able to acknowledge that quick fleeting moment of amazing peace and complete solitude
6. remodeling, designing & decorating an octagonal house by the fresh water sea… “tree house”
7. old ship captains’ wheels
8. taking in… mind, body & soul… lake michigan sunsets…
9. genuine politeness, manners & etiquette… #emilypost
10. the divine servant