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At a recent visit to see my doctor, he said something that really hit home for me. He said: Health is pretty simple. You need quality sleep; food that nourishes, and hydration. And, you exercise; make time for connections,...TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — Gary Lloyd has released his sixth book, Sonny Days: Struggles, Scenery and Solace with the World’s Strangest Shelter Dog.
The book’s official release date is July 29.
Sonny Days is the story of Sonny, a brown Labrador-hound mix strayed in Bessemer, Alabama, and rescued by the Greater Birmingham Humane Society. Before he was 2 years old, Sonny was thought to have megaesophagus with aspiration pneumonia, a surefire canine killer.
But Sonny had other plans. Since that day in 2016, Sonny has traveled to the foothills of the Appalachians in Georgia, to log cabins perched high in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, to the panhandle of Florida, and to hundreds of fast-food windows and parks in between.
Sonny’s early-life struggles served a purpose. His mess became his message. He overcame his own adversities and has inspired others to do the same. He has shown how to make the most out of every day, to appreciate the little moments in life that we often take for granted in a fast-paced world.-California is officially reopen and events are back in full force.
As the state reopens and more activities resume, California is offering residents a digital record of their coronavirus vaccination to enter businesses or events that require a proof of vaccination.
After entering a few details, individuals will receive a QR code and digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccination record. Both the QR code and the card given at the time of vaccination can be used to show proof of vaccination.
Nikki Medoro received her California vaccine QR code in less than a minute, but Bret struggled because his information did not match what the state has on record. The Morning Show with Nikki Medoro hears from callers sharing their experiences with the system and if anyone is actually asking for it.
“I did [my vaccination verification] literally in less than a minute, Brett needs to wait two to three weeks. I don’t know what that says, but it says something,” said Nikki Medoro.
If you want to verify your COVID-19 vaccination, click here.
Clear App – (commonly used for bypassing security lines at the airport) includes a feature that allows you to create a digital vaccine card complete with your photo. There’s no subscription necessary.
Smart Health Card – If you don’t want to upload you vaccine card online, some health care providers participated with Smart Health Card standard. Ask for a QR code record of your shot and then you can import it into an app called CommonPass.
Listen to the full conversation between Nikki Medoro, Bret Burkhart and KGO listeners below.
2 1/2 month in Lumbini lay behind.
I stayed at the beautiful Korean Temple for almost all the time. Exept of a 10 day Vipassana retreat in the second half of May.
It has been a challenging time. The first two weeks I thought it would be just generating time. Then I prolonged another week and another week and another week and so on. Only after 6 weeks I felt I am ready to visit the Vipassana retreat. Then … again the same game….
My biggest challenges are my inner processes. There is so much going on on the experience level, it’s nearly unbelievable. I am a very trusty person, but some of the experiences are nearly over the edge. I know, that a lot of defilements and sankaras get eradicated, and for that I am happy to do it and meditate a lot, but it’s partly also painful – luckily I know, what’s going on. It feels, my whole body gets a new structure, but until now it’s not ready yet. Especially my right knee makes pain. I know it’s along the meridian line and it’s a healing process….. and at some times I really don’t know, if my knee is injured…. anyway, my body and system does not want to walk.
I thought of walking from Lumbini to Kathmandu through the Annapurna trek, I am more or less sure, that I could make it, and it feels also sure, that this knee thing is not finished, when I arrive in Kathmandu…. and then the Visa is finished again…. sooo???!!!
Then I thought of staying in Lumbini – meanwhile getting a Indian Visa – taking care of my system change or healing in the south of Nepal and then starting on the end of August to walk to all the Buddha places in India south of Lumbini. I could experience the beginning and ongoing Monsun, meditate a lot, observing all the staff working through me.
Then I thought off flying back to Germany, visiting my mother, relatives and friends, having some rest time from the peace walk, and after a break of some more or less month to come back and walking the rest of the way.
Every day it was a different experience inside of me, what would be the right decision. Every day!!! That’s how I knew, it was not the right time to make a decision.
So I waited patiently for the right moment to come.
I am now 2 years in India and Nepal. Who read my blog, knows, that I have an issue with Indian food, especially the yellow powder spices, onions anyway, and I have an issue with some allergies, mainly gluten -but it got better- here and there I can eat some bread. The white rice sticks to much in my stomach, but I could enjoy brown rice every day in the monastery. All together it take some energy from me, as you can imagine.
In Lumbini they have a local problem with the water. Investigations brought the result, they have lead in the water. People drink still from the well, very good cleansed water can be bought from different companies, in the monastery, they cook the water to kill bacterias, but the lead is not eliminated by that. After 2 weeks, not knowing about the water facts, I faced a lot of pimples on my whole chest, in some parts I had the suspicion, that I could even have shingles, because of some little blisters. About five weeks after the first pimples I heard about the investigation and immediately started only drinking filtered water. Pimples disappeared. The monastery continue to use the well water for cooking, so in any soup or cooked meals and rice, you know, there will be some lead in the meal. The meals have been, beside of my issues with yellow powder spices and onion, very good, lots of vegetables!!!
Also I sences an old issue on the property of the UNESCO world heritage (and) around. I started working on it, could not finish the process, would like to do it one day with some more people, maybe through sound healing and toning.
I am now 7 years on the road, and I really really miss organic food. Clean organic food. I guess, this would help me a lot to some extent with some of the body issues.
Also I realized, that the chaotic situation on the streets – the somehow street culture -since at least Afghanistan combined with lots of poorness is also taking a lot of energy from me. Since I started the Peace walk towards India and Myanmar, and also before, walking around Germany and all neighbour countries I generated a lot of tolerance, so relizing this enery succing ‚thing’…. it opened my eyes. And being in India the two years before, walking a lot in the Himalayas, I did not have that issue so much. Walking in the low lands the enery is different, more chaotic, more poor….
Who read my blog from September last year, knows that I thought a lot about my mother, made a decision, to see her in November last year. But some nights later, when I was caught in the unexpected snow fall in the 4500 m high mountains, when the snow stopped falling and the sky opened up, ‚it‘ woke me up. I opend my tent, very best beautiful full moon energy, I left the tent about half hour open ( at -10 degrees) and I heard a voice telling me: you can also go to Germany in the summer 2019 -for me it was somehow mid of June. Some days before the 15th of June, in the evening, I knew, I will move soon from Lumbini….. In the beginning it was not clear, what will happen. Little later it cristalized, that I proparbly fly to Germany.
Somehow the feeling did not change anymore, to fly to Germany, for me very suddenly, on the afternoon of 15th of June, I decided spontaneously to take the night bus to Kathmandu. Also it was easy to make the arrangements for flight and around. No-one in Germany know from my plans, so it hopefully will be a happy surprise.
Even the fe‘ not wanting the peace walk being interrupted, disappeared. So surprising to me.
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