鏡餅「作って食べる会」by カイ

30日行われた今週の「作って食べる会」、元旦まであと2日、ということで鏡餅を作ってみました。冬休みなので大きな子供達も勢ぞろい。大人11人、赤子子供20人という賑やかな集まりとなりました。

前日から水につけておいた40合の餅米を2台の餅つき機でひたすら蒸してつく蒸してつく。鏡餅用とその場で食べる用と。しょうゆ、きな粉、餡子、大根おろし等をつけて。ワッフルメーカーで焼いた餅の美味しさにもびっくり。すごいアイデア！他にも持ち寄られた様々なおやつがテーブルに。

鏡餅をのせる台づくり。千代紙、水引き、杉の枝などなどで飾りつけ。


をを！こんなに素敵に勢ぞろい。


子供達、作って食べてスケートして。外から帰ってくると皆頬が真っ赤。

様々な食材を持ち寄って下さった皆様、餅を作り続けて下さった皆様、本当にありがとうございました。集い、餅を食べ、鏡餅を眺め、正月を迎えるワクワク感を懐かしく思い出しました。鏡餅のある風景、いいですね。今年もどうぞよろしくお願いします！

今週の「智慧研」by カイ

年末冬休み、ということでポトラック。煮しめ、洋風肉じゃが、豆と桜海老と昆布の煮物、きな粉餅、モンゴリアンビーフ、炊き込みご飯、抹茶アイスクリームをいただきながら。歌あり大笑いあり。子供達は外で夜9時過ぎまでスケートやホッケー。

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Inner Peace Card by Dr. Wayne W. Dyerより

I am a human being , not a human doing
Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what yo do. If you are whtat you do, then when you don't... you aren't.

I work on my problems, and then I release them
Anything that bothers you is only a problem within. Only you can experience it, and only you can correct it.

I develop a positive state of mind
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.

I do god's work in peace and harmony
Authentic empowerment is knowing that you are on purpose, doing god's work peacefully and harmoniously.

I answer to myself and no one else
The person looking back at you in the mirror is the one you have to answer to every day.

I enjoy my own company
You're always alone, but you're only lonely if you don't like the person you're alone with.


Don Miguel Ruizがまとめた古代メキシコToltecの智慧集より

Accept your own beauty.
You are beautiful no matter whtat your mind tells you. That is a fact. If you are aware of your own beauty and accept your own beauty, the opinion of others doesn't affect you at all.

Accept others the way they are.
You cannot change other people. To try to change them to fit what you want them to be is like trying to change a dog into a cat, or a cat into a horse. They are what they are; you are what you are.

Be impeccable with your word
Cultivate Faith
To have great faith is to have great power, because your intent, your will, is undivided. When your word isn't dissipated by doubt, the power of your word becomes even stronger.

You can live in heaven right now.
Heaven or hell is here and now; you don't need to wait to die. If you take responsibility for your own life, for your own action, then your future is in your hands, and you can live in heaven while your body is alive.

Love others without conditions.
When you love without conditions, you the human, and you the God, align with the Spirit of Life moving through you. Your life becomes the expression of the beauty of the Spirit, and your dream becomes a masterpiece of art.

There is wisdom in accepting what you are.
It's difficutl to try to be what you are not. Being what you are doesn't require any effort. When you become wise, you accept yorself the way you are, and the complete acceptance of yourself becomes the complete acceptance of everyone else.