Monthly Archives: July 2014

Three Kinds Of Personal Skills To Know About Oneself

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DSC03586 In the July 13, 2014 issue of The Galveston County Daily News was this article on job seeking by Patricia Rivera of CTW Features.

DSC03584  She begins the article with a comment that one is wise to know oneself, and proceeds to say that before a job interview  one should assess these kinds of skills in oneself, and tell the interviewer about those skill you have that he will wants to have in the position for which you are interviewing.

Work is part of life, and one should know what these are anyway.  This is all part of what I am examining in myself right now.    We should know and communicate our:

  1. Knowledge we gained through experience and education.   I have a BA, an MA,  numerous additional courses.
  2. Portable and general and transferable skills.  I can teach, break things down into their elements, and see the  big pictures.   I know how to learn, and keep learning.
  3. Unique personal qualities.  I am patient in carrying out tasks, thorough, and want to do a good job.  I am self-motivated.  I want to help mankind become a sustainable entity on the face of the earth.

To perform this exercise is right in line with the soul work I am taking on right now.  These tasks can be summed up by these two sayings:

  1. Know thyself (Socrates).
  2. To thine own self be true (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

 

 

Crocheted Hot Mats

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CAUTION:  Do not make these as potholders without backing with something solid and thick.

DSC03571Over the last couple of at home weeks I crocheted these ten hot mats, out of two strands of 100% cotton, approximately size 10 with a  size three crochet hook.   Most are a little over seven by seven inches, whereas the one with the green border and white middle is about nine inches by nine inches.

Altogether this nearly four square feet was done in about four, full -time working days.

The pattern is an extension of the “Simple Filet Crochet Starburst Square Pattern” posted by  Creative Jewish Mom, who got the pattern from a Yarn Freak kit.

The white regions are done with two strands of #10 white crochet cotton, and each colored region is done with one strand of white, and one strand of colored cotton.

DSC03556 Showing the yarns with the pieces.

Things I like about this pattern are its versatile square shape, its size adaptability, and its quilt-like appearance.

I enjoyed comparing the outcomes of each of my colors combined with white.   Three of them had quite too little contrast to stand alone.  Seven of them had plenty of contrast to stand alone as a hot mat.

DSC03568 These pale colors could be for infant items or Easter.  The combination looks good.

DSC03559 (2) This yellow, stand-alone hoat mat came out to be especially pleasing.

DSC03563 This hot mat done in black came out better than I thought it would.

DSC03572Doing these all at once gives me some idea of how they can mix and match.  The yellow centered one was simply layed over the green-bordered white one, and it looks quite nice.

DSC03573 Here I did the same with the maroon and white one, which is also especially effective.

 

 

Equanimity

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Yin Yang symbol 12422416221542450468Esoteric_Taijitu.svg.hi The Yin Yang symbol stands for balance and can be used for Equanimity, one of the four Buddhist limitless states of mind which is a very useful attitude to cultivate.  I, personally, can be easily distracted from this state of mind by events and thoughts.   That is why I would like to further cultivate this.  Another way that equanimity can be thought of  is as balance, poise.  I am happy to have a symbol to represent this.  The gong represents compassion, and I already have this whether people know it or not.

It is sometimes easy to see that I do not have equanimity, though sometimes I do have it.  I have it when I am in a state of “flow”.  This is another useful asset, when going into the shadows, in order to come back more complete.