Was late this morning and had coffee with John before my breakfast, which is now behind me! Last night I phoned Ina, my former spouse Ina, to give her my birthday wishes; she is now in her eightieth year. This I remember well in my own case. John, Tammy and Annie took her for dinner at James, which she enjoyed. Today Ina picked up her car from the Bankers Hall underground, where she’d left it to dry out from a shampoo. It worked John told me over our coffee this morn.

Yesterday we had volunteer Sunday at the Palliser in the Leduc room, where we had not been for a long time. Attendance was average, but the spirits were high and we took quite a few photos. I also took some shots of Herman lecturing as this room was better for this than our usual the Executive suite.

On Saturday I went to the Library to meet with Miles and showed him my first recordings that did have good sound with video. His expert friend did not show and he will email me when he has more info.

We both missed the laid back ambience of the Kingsland market and will probably not go back to Aveneda again.

From the Lib I trained down to Heritage to meet up with Don from where he drove us to the Aveneda Village. It was supposed to have quite a few of our former Kingsland marketeers, but only a produce and a meat merchant showed up. We both missed the laid back ambience of the Kingsland market and will probably not go back to Aveneda again.

In the evening I cleaned out stuff from the wall display and rearranged some books - Samlung Goeschen and Servire, NL - that I had not touched in years. They are dear keepsakes from my land surveying studuy time - 1955/59 in Utrecht, NL. The whole looks much better and I now have room for my Christmas decorations.

This morning my old colleagues with wives met for breakfast, but I skipped it. I did go about three years ago, but being by myself and also arriving late, I felt a bit at the perimeter, though I did enjoy myself. Next year I plan to make it though, as no one is getting any younger.

Below follows my morning affirmation:

“I, Antonie Diederik Vander Vliet commit and dedicate myself to Existence Divine, with my whole heart, my whole mind and all my power as a participating participant in the traditions of humankind and its diverse community, choosing Christianity for my expression, balancing aim and way, living from love with compassion, compliments, in honest integrity, honouring the feminine and in conscious interconnectedness with all that exists, finding conciliation of religions while maintaining their integrity and formulating an amalgam world belief moving humanity forward.”

I have used this affirmation in its present form now for about two years. I feel that it expresses my life’s commitment adequately now at this time in my life.

Remarks:
I have practiced this affirmation for several years now, but it grew slowly from the first few lines up to and including the word power. As I practiced these lines, other ideas emerged which I added and at times modified. The last lines referring to conciliation of religions and then the later ones about world belief were added as I was preparing for my talks on those topics for the Calgary Life Enrichment Centre [CLEC]. I have used this affirmation in its present form now for about two years. I feel that it expresses my life’s commitment adequately now at this time in my life.

It is my intention to elaborate on my reasons and intent of the various presented ideas over the next few weeks in the Writings of my Daily Entries to come.
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