Second in this series--I am beginning to feel the practice of it. When I'm walking the dog, cooking a meal, washing my hair, I'm wondering 'what in this experience may be one of those precious ten things I'm learning this week'?  Not that of course I can't learn more than ten.  But one has to work up to stuff like this, like starting with 5 lb weights in physical training!

 So here are my ten learnings for this past week.

1. Letting sleeping dogs lie can have a high pricetag. So can waking them up.

2. Letting one's friends hold one accountable for a big life goal is terrorizing.

3. Having 6 community gatherings in one's home in 8 days is a little over the top.

4. At best, developing community is a messy, organic process.

5. Not taking one's self seriously can be a fun process.  Or not.

6. Watching a comedian together with friends who find the same humor funny  quintuples the fun.

7. A remembering: juniper wood burns very hot, but not long.

8. Having an over-extended calendar is a poor excuse for a life.

9. Watching a 46 second clip of a young doe elk playing in a shallow pool of water high in the mountains made me happier than just about anything this entire week.

10. 'It's been a slow  turning....from the inside out.  A slow  turning, baby, but you come about....a slow  learning....but you learn to sway ...it's been a slow  turning. Time is short and here's the damn thing about it--you're gonna die, gonna die for sure. You can learn to live with love or without it, but there ain't no cure...there's just a slow  turning.' --John Hiatt, Slow Turning

So...what did you learn this week? You can post as a comment, or to your own blog.  This practice of life-reflection for a few minutes each week may hook you!