October 29, 2026

Since childhood, I have been interested in the question, “How should we live to have a satisfying life?” That query has created a lens I’ve often used to view what comes into my life. Does it contain a clue on how to live a satisfying human life?

Below are a few lines from a poem I came across recently that has some clues. 

They are from a longer poem called Thanolopsis, written at age 17 by renown American poet, William Cullen Bryant in 1817. The title comes from the Greek language and means “a view or meditation on death.”

Though it is apparently a poem about death, it is really about both living and dying, or so it seems to me.

Thanolopsis
(Concluding lines)

So live, that when thy summons comes to join 
the innumerable caravan which moves 
to that mysterious realm where each shall take 
his chamber in the silent halls of death
Thou go, not like a quarry slave at night 
scoured to his dungeon, But sustain’d 
and soothed by an unfaltering trust,
Approach thy grave like one who wraps 
the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down to pleasant dreams.

        (William Cullen Bryant, 1974-1878)

This poem seems to tell me to live unbound by that which, and by those who, would  enslave me. And to live sustained and soothed by trust, approaching my death as I do a sleep filled with pleasant dreams.  

I take these lines to mean that I would do well to trust my life, that it is responsive to me and bears goodwill and is more intent on blessings than not, supporting me even in difficulty.  And it suggests that—at the end when I’m leaving it all behind—I lie down knowing it as, after all, naught but a pleasant dream.

This feels like wisdom I can utilize to live well. I wonder what it says to you?

Hugs and blessings to you,
XO Mayet

October 22, 2026

I thought I’d provide a brief train of thought to support your interest in experiencing your life as rich and abundant. There are three resonant qualities that—when combined— amplify this experience in your life like little else.

     Generosity of spirit, of thought and intention, of resources,  of actions.  Developing and expressing a generosity of spirit increases the amplitude of everything.  A generous nature is the necessity of blessing.  Generosity blesses all it touches.  It is a generator of plentitude.

     Grace is the expression of the Soul in our life.  The continued forward movement of soul expression in us lends lends our lives a grace that has charisma, an ability to magnetize and amplify Divine Providence to it.  It is well worth contemplating, yearning for, and valuing.  It too is a generator of plentitude.

     Gratitude is another generator of an abundant life.  Complete, humble gratitude at the inception of a desire or action signals recognition that the abundance is already there, is made ready for us, is a gift.  The responsive universe acknowledges this without fail.  Gratitude throughout all processes of our lives soothes all outgoing and incoming waves, calms them and brings an ease.  Gratitude is like a magnificent rudder that steers us more surely.  Learning the secrets of the grateful heart is a very beneficial thing.

Generosity, Grace and Gratitude expressed as a unified frequency, are an extraordinary trio.  Combined, they amount to a mega-attractor that amplifies and gives harmonic resonance to the incoming waves of cosmic prosperity.  And they are magnifiers of that expression in our lives, becoming the gift that our energy field then shares with the world around us. And together they express light in an extraordinary way.

It is the genuine gratitude of our thoughts, the generosity of our hearts, the implicit grace of the limitless intelligence of the universe that have literally created our lives and this planet—along with their abundant resources.

It is our fathomless blessing to receive and share these.  The G-Force of the three Gs.  Take them out for a spin this weekend.  Be generous with your words and smile.  Express the Grace, the Soul, within you.  Share your grateful heart.  

Let’s do this together as we shop, spend time with friends, family, strangers.  Let’s make it our most magnified period ever!

I’ll be spreading the 3 Gs around.  I hope you feel like it too.

Big Hugs,
Mayet

October 15, 2026

In Anchorage, Alaska, public hearings were held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987.  The purpose of these hearings was to share information and take public opinion about the impact of the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline on the Porcupine Caribou herds in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR.)  This area was the primary calving-ground for those caribou herds.  

I attended the hearings, listening to many pundits, oil experts and biologists responding to public questions and comments.  On my left, was a Gwitch’in man of the Athabaskan Nation. His people often call themselves the “Caribou People” because of their symbiotic relationship with those herds over thousands of years.  On my right sat an Inupiat man also from one of the dozen or more villages of Northeastern Alaska where the Porcupine Caribou herds range.

During the breaks we remained in our seats and chatted.  After several hours of discourse about data obtained from tagging, darting, studying and tracking the caribou by small plane over some years, the Gwitch’in man spoke across me to the Inuit man, saying, “They don’t know that nothing behaves naturally when observed in this way?” 

“Nothing wants to be stared at, poked, buzzed and chased… nothing good can come of it,” said the second man.  I raised my eyebrows and laughed prompting the Gwitch’in to say, “Do you like to be invaded and analyzed?”  

“To understand the caribou you must live among them with respect over time,” the other said to us.

“Or ask the people who do,” I quipped. 

Then we all laughed and they slapped their knees, sharing a wry look.   

I’ve often thought about how that applies to people. To paraphrase: No one wants to be speculated about and analyzed, it’s invasive.  It never leads to understanding.  

To deeply understand others we must live among them with respect over time.  Without real knowledge of someone, all we can do is speculate, which is just gossip. Which is what people are doing about each other much of the time.  It doesn’t foster trust.

How do we choose to understand people around us, or our world. Do we approach that with respect? Or do we speculate, assigning agendas and motivations to them without any real knowledge of them and without even asking them?

Something interesting to ponder.

Sending you warm greetings today,
XO Mayet