{"id":108,"date":"2012-04-19T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2013-11-24T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T00:43:24","slug":"sweet-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/sweet-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Strait of Georgia photo by Tabitha Arthur on her ipod<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Passing another ferry under a rainbow.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mist and Tabs plugged in on the ferry.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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My happy Pip \u00a0(partner in exploring the ferry).<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Pip on deck.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Tabs on deck.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Cabin on an island.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The lush shore line of the coastal islands.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Peter at work with his girls nearby.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Me on the windy deck.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Our new neighbor on the window sill of our hotel room at the Hotel Empress<\/i>. We have the best harbor view. I love this bird. My new best friend \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We have arrived at the Empress Hotel<\/b> in downtown Victoria. A long day of traveling yesterday with only one small wrong-turn glitch.<\/p>\n

Up and finished the hotel gym by 6:30 and soon off for a swim and then breakfast.<\/p>\n

Before I left Kelowna, my mind was in a bad spot. It was in a horribly bad spot. I had lost all my mindfulness over the winter and had slacked off in my meditation. Thus, this trip is much needed. I need to get away from the stress of my daily routine in order to reevaluate my mind and get myself back on track for a peaceful life.<\/p>\n

I realize, after all of the various mind training I have attempted, that one’s life is never a mess–it is simply one’s mind that gets messy. I have spent the last year so driven to get ahead in my career path that I lost site of everything else. Bureaucratic mistakes that can be described only as pure lunacy, have the power to enrage me lately. And I know in this life, if I allow my mind to become enraged at senseless lunacy created by fellow human beings–I will be enraged 24\/7.<\/p>\n

I am using these 5 days to focus my mind and change my life path–mindfulness being the front and center of my quests. Without this, then there really is nothing but suffering. I will write of my new path and the changes I’ve decided to make at the conclusion of this vacation–excitement! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

My daughters and I will fit in some fun and R&R while Peter conferences and then we’ll have a few days as a family to beach comb and take it easy. Ghost hunting, shopping, walking tours, tea parties, swimming, Zumba are a few things on our list. I’d love to stop by a Buddhist temple too.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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