Month: June 2020

Yesterday, the planet Mercury has shifted its appearance. It looks to be heading backwards now. With it, there will be issues with communication, transportation, and electronics. Best used, these energies will allow us to reflect, review, and redo.

In your time of safe starting, there has been movement forward. These energies now give us a chance to improve the way in which we are doing so. Safe start, slow reopenings and an ongoing commitment to our truest values can optimize these energies.

Upon reflecting, what do you need to communicate? In this environment of safe starting, what do you need to transport? Ki to Happiness works with what Is.

In returning to Seattle, I ventured out yesterday to take care of a few things. Along the way, an old white man attempted to use his sense of privilege to get me out of his way so he could do what he wanted to do. I continued on my way. Then I crossed the street.

In entering my building, there was a young black man sitting on our steps. Trespassing. And lying about it. He was attempting to use his presence to intimidate me. I continued on my way.

Is the issue race? Or age? Or gender? Ki to Happiness continues on my way… grateful for all the white, black, brown, yellow, red, old, or young men who are polite, truthful, and respectful.

After travel, I return home with fresh eyes. Having witnessed different parts of the country, and changes during the week I was traveling, now I relearn what my county require. It is as if I have been to a couple of different countries.

I continue to live in my own sovereign nation. Part of the way I govern myself includes respecting others needs, and adjusting to customs and guidelines wherever I am.

Have you traveled in the time of Covid yet? Are you able to change and adapt with the circumstances wherever you are? Ki to Happiness recognizes that I am a portable safety zone of consciousness.

I was inspired to begin this blog from a professional travel blocker. In this time of Covid, They have long since stopped traveling, and have nothing to blog about. Still here I am, blogging, and traveling.

Our travel is easier than ever. Eyes smile, while facemasks cover mouth and nose. Especially now as there is an increased awareness of the need to be kind and respectful across differences, there is a family feeling in the air.

Who has inspired you to do what you are up to? Are they still doing it? Ki to Happiness continues on the path that has inspired.

In the United States today, we celebrate the flag. The red, white and blue of the stars and stripes have signified the true values of our country. Deeply embedded in our culture, this rugged individualism persists as we bravely pursue life, liberty and happiness with relative freedom.

Beyond polarities and partisanship, our predecessors fought for our rights. We have all benefited from their efforts. As an American woman, I have been able to become educated, heal myself, travel the world and experience other ways of being.

What does the flag represent for you? How are you best able to live by your values now? Ki to Happiness values that which unites.

While on the highest level, time does not exist, here in the realm of three dimensions, it certainly has a profound effect. On June 14, 1983 I began working as a psychotherapist. For the 37 years that have passed, deep listening with compassion has become my deepest and most regular practice.

I have learned from each and everyone of my clients. I have grown and evolved into a broader and more expansive understanding of humanity. I follow in the footsteps of my teachers, mentors, and therapists. And I continue, in their stead.

What has been your most regular practice? How has your work benefited you? Ki to Happiness embraces right livelihood.

Today, we memorialize this Saint who is responsible for finding so many lost objects and entities. “Tony, Tony, look around, something’s lost and can’t be found”. This small prayer recited while turning around 3x invokes him, and asks him to direct you to locate that which you wish to find.

Car keys, a missing a cell phone, a lost soul all are under his willing assistance. If you’ve lost your way, your temper, if someone has lost their mind, or if it’s that special pair of earrings, petition him and then follow his guidance. Move, look or search in the direction that you are guided. Voilà!

What have you been looking for? Are you willing to open up to this assistance? Ki to Happiness petitions Saint Anthony of Padua to help to retrieve that which has been lost on any level.

As the “safe start”continues in the state of Washington, so do the demonstrations. The combination is confusing, conflicted, and potentially catastrophic. From a distance, in another state, polarities persist. From my vantage point, rooted in my practices, I witness the necessary upheaval for a greater union to occur in the States, and the state of humankind. I do so wearing pajamas, which I once wore in the woods. I got lost off the trail, and bushwhacked my way back home, full of burrs. My mother removed each one with the most prolonged tenderness. It seems that is exactly what is required for our personal, political, and planetary issues.

What good has upheaval done in your life?Who has shown you tenderness? Ki to Happiness offers this to humankind, having received it.

In traveling, I am often guided by little nudges. Intuition indicates the direction, and the timing of my actions. Without the structure of daily life, there is room for me to receive feedback from the universe in the appearance of coincidences.

These guideposts seem to say “ This way“. “Now“. “Wait“. Or whatever it is that I need to hear. The more I act on this feedback, the more frequent the guidance.

How are you guided? What coincidences are you experiencing? Ki to Happiness delights in the synchronicities.

Departing from the Pacific Northwest, and our “safe start” program, I have experienced other places now. The airports have their own programs. And different parts of the country have their own guidelines. Being a good traveler or guest means abiding by local authorities.

Being in a large group of people for the first time in months increases my compassion. Recognizing in other travelers that they are also trying to find a way to adapt and adjust. Once on board the flight, it becomes clear that we truly are in this together.

How does travel affect you? Are you a good guest? Ki to Happiness knows we are all travelers here…