by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I completed a painting this week. I have normally done very moody, atmospheric and even melancholic. But I got to the point where I was feeling trapped and stuck. I’ve never been able to do abstract because it seemed against my nature. I had to apply thought to...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I was taking my dog Abby for a walk along our road that follows the river. It was foggy but the sun eventually prevailed. What a strange sight and sensation walking through fog when the sunlight is piercing through. I could see the small particles of mist in the air,...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I know I misspelled “notice”, but I wanted to combine it with the word “know”. So there! I got up early this morning… 5am… to be with Lisa before she left for work at the hospital. She’s a nurse in the Oncology unit. She’s my hero....
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Finally we have some sunshine. Lisa was off this morning so we went with a friend to breakfast. I got my usual: 2 eggs over easy, link sausage, potatoes grilled with onions, white toast with blueberry preserves, and coffee. It’s my one very sinful meal of the...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Good morning my friends. It’s very very early here. Lisa and I are heading out to Ottawa. 700 miles! We hope to be there by suppertime. Casile, a member of TLS, is doing her final year of her philosophy degree at Carleton University. Well, TLS has been up and...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused
I ran 8k (5 miles) today. As usual I meet cyclists. I don’t understand them. I say hi to all of them, but maybe one out of ten will say hi back. We live in the Maritimes of Canada… one of the friendliest places in the world. Everybody says hi to everybody....
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
One of the benefits of the z-theory for me is that it made my suspicion that we are all united, that we are all one, a certainty. It helped me to really see that in spite of our individuality and diversity, we are all deeply connected. Everything everybody experiences...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Early in the Old Testament the Israelites traveled through the wilderness before they finally settled. They used tents. They worshipped in a tent called a tabernacle. Everything was, necessarily, portable and temporary. Provisional. Uncertain. Disposable. When they...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused
So Lisa got up at 5am to get ready to go to work. I finally dragged myself out of bed at 6am in time to see her off. I had a tall glass of water and an espresso, donned my running gear, and took off. I ran 17 kilometers, which is 10.5 miles. I did it in 105 minutes....
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | Exercises
Here is a chart to help us understand our emotions. You know how many of us were raised to not trust our emotions? Then do many of you remember how religion teaches us the same thing… that our emotions are not to be trusted or taken seriously? As a result we...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
We’ve had sunshine for 2 days in a row now. I don’t know what to do with myself. I know! I’ll have another cup of dark roast, listen to some Renaissance Church music, and write you guys my letter! Let’s talk about relationships. Something...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused
Sit down. I went to church this morning. But listen… my friend who is a Soka Gakkai International Buddhist was speaking at the local Unitarian Universalist Church. She invited me to come. I’m trying to get her to join The Lasting Supper because she would love it...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Happy Easter Morning! The sun is shining. The ice has broken up in the river and the moving river shines with light. My mug is full of coffee. Lisa is getting the table ready for our Easter dinner. Our boys are still in bed (9am here) and our daughter is still at...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
Good morning my friends. I want to welcome the new members who have joined The Lasting Supper this week. Just to let you know, I send out a kind of “lap-letter” (from my laptop) every Sunday, just to keep in touch on a more personal level. This is that! I...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm okay
I’m excited because we are launching some awesome improvements to the site TODAY, as well as making it totally compatible for mobile devices! Yay! How are you guys? I think about you every day and hope you are all well. We had a massive snow storm here, lost our...
by David Hayward | Jun 20, 2014 | David's Letters, I'm confused
Hi my friends. I’m going to expound upon this in a podcast I’m posting tomorrow, so don’t worry if this doesn’t feel full enough. I will hopefully fill in some gaps on the podcast. So a couple of weeks ago I sent out a letter with a one page...
