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I have been ruminating on “The Four Agreements” lately, a book by Don Miguel Ruiz. I just finished listening to the audio book. I highly recommend it! These practice principles are simple and powerful, but to enact them in your life takes practice and patience. I like having principles in my life to work towards and enable me to live a better life. It may not be easy to grow. It takes work over time. That work isn’t always fun. Change often requires stepping out of our comfort zone which is inherently uncomfortable. Know that you are not alone, and we can learn from anything. And in learning from our experience we grow in light and love. #TheFourAgreements https://www.instagram.com/tavius_dyer/p/CYCOxmaJAk-/?utm_medium=tumblr

Empty Chair Will you notice an empty chair this holiday season where someone used to sit? Will you set a place for them at the table this year? Will you remember a specific memory only you two shared? Will you feel joy or pain, or indifference? Will you indulge in memory with fondness or anger? Will you allow your relationship to continue? What will you take with you from it in honor of them, and carry forward into your life anew? Tavius Dyer 12/24/2021 Image by http://www.shuvarahim.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tavius_dyer/p/CX37Qn0pY-A/?utm_medium=tumblr

It is only every four years my high school sport of track and field is on prime time television for the Summer Olympics. I enjoyed watching the Olympic swimming and miss it more than running. All those crazy workouts! The Bret Harte baseball team used to get threatened with having to do our workouts when my step dad was coach. Every member of his long distance track team qualified for sections that year! What an accomplishment for us all : ) @bretharteunionhighschool did not have a pool or swim team back in the day. I wish we had. I miss swimming. We were able to compete at the state meet in Cross Country my senior year of high school. That will always be with me. Thanks to Mauer and OG. Go Bullfrogs! #TeamUSA https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9iI0bJuiF/?utm_medium=tumblr

I do not feel right saying “happy” Juneteenth. Freed slaves learning two years later they were legally free is a tragedy. It goes to show that law does not necessarily change things unless it is abided by and/or enforced. My hope for our country is that George Floyd was a tipping point from which there can be no return, only continued progress to make true the constitution for all people no matter what. #JuneTeeth #BLM #ICantBreathe (at 24 Hour Fitness - Mountain View Super-Sport, CA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQTiGASsBgW/?utm_medium=tumblr

Congratulations to all graduating classes of 2021 and everyone in school this past year especially the teachers for all their efforts to keep our children learning against so many odds. And to the parents of graduates, congratulations! Those caregivers who had to home school get extra love from me. And all those who worked and had kids home schooling, my deepest regards and respect : ) #Class2021 #Graduation2021 #LoveForTeachers #LoveForCaregivers https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyOKnjMSTv/?utm_medium=tumblr

I am stoked to be starting a new job today in residential and commercial professional audio, video, control, lighting and acoustics systems integration with www.WesternAudioVideo.com! I have cleaned off my home office and desk (mostly). I may need more wall decorations : ) I am working from home out of their San Carlos office which I will visit later today for the first time. I am happy to be back at it and in the world again : ) #proav #ProAudio #Provideo #lighting #acoustics #AV https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-wL88MQTC/?igshid=1x7vxebh2o08e

I guess there will be a first time again for many things like going back to the gym for the first time in over a year! Now that I am fully vaccinated I look forward to doing more, especially with the people I love and who I have missed dearly : ) #FirstTimeAgain #BackAtTheGym (at 24 Hour Fitness - Mountain View Super-Sport, CA) https://www.instagram.com/p/COayfTuM92U/?igshid=o9mwlji8vsnz

I was reminded of this saying as fear and self-doubt have come up for me more lately. In my experience fear can lead me to become more reactive and even act out. Also, I have learned, when I act from fear that which I fear is more likely to manifest. I have also experienced the truth in the words ‘faith fights fear’. With enough faith I can act from grace despite my fear and do the ‘next right thing’. I must surrender my fear to God rather than surrender myself to my fear. Sometimes ‘easier said than done’ as they say : ) https://www.instagram.com/p/COQh-uxMDGD/?igshid=4e3j8f4erorj

Today I share the relaunch of my personal website with my first blog post. It highlights my music, writing, and custom merch. It is minimal. I decided instead of creating content about who I have been and what I have done I will start fresh today sharing myself moving forward. #TaviusDotOrg https://tavius.org/moving-forward/ (at Mountain View, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COMILGWMCsO/?igshid=10dzl6x2xgal3

Anyone use Pandora can tell me if they can stream my latest single? It is chill beats and I was trying to make a @pandora radio station off this song or my artist #TaviusDotOrg but could not. Please let me know if you can or if you know how to do it. Thank you : ) https://pandora.app.link/Oi5gBe4nqfb (at Mountain View, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnXCTqsa17/?igshid=1b00fyferdiae

Sometimes I just need to acknowledge my experience and have my experience acknowledged. I don’t need to be told what to do. I don’t need fixing. I am already working hard on it. And it is hard. Sometimes, I just need to say, “I am having a hard time.” And simply be seen by someone else. “I see you are having a hard time.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CNijBEgMlzh/?igshid=2p7d7yly69du

I don’t feel well right now which can be the hardest time to be in the moment. I want to distract myself, but I am just spinning out making my mood worse. I decided to remind myself to slow down, take my time, pay attention, and be in the moment despite not feeling well. Some sadness beats anxiety almost every time : ) #SelfCare #SlowDown #PayAttention #TakeYourTime #BeInTheMoment (at Mountain View, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdcBl5MoSr/?igshid=p412378wo9et

Today would have been my son’s 22nd bday. He had a dream of building a skate park in his community. He drew his own design, met with the local park board, and county representative on his own at age 16. We are still hopeful to bring his dream to reality. There may be developments in his legacy story. We will never give up. We hope to honor him today and every day by doing our best and living our best lives. R.I.P. son and may we meet again : ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaPppNMzMo/?igshid=bvpr0i70qs99

Stoked to get my 1st #Covid19 #Vaccine shot today @walgreens near my home. My hope is that enough people will get #vaccinated sooner than later so we can be able to do all the things we love to do but have been missing, safely. I look forward to seeing family again, safely. I look forward to being able to go to the gym again, safely. I look forward to being able to go to the movie theater again, safely. There is light at the end of this long dark tunnel! I look forward to hugging you all on the other side : ) (at Walgreens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAsw-pskjj/?igshid=1831xdp818zth

One of the hardest and most important things I have done in my life is to learn how to take an honest look at myself, admit what I find and try to learn and grow converting my ‘mistakes’ into assets for myself and others. I am grateful to know myself today, the good and the bad. I am blessed by the grace of god to have the strength and courage to continue on this path of recovery and self-discovery. We can do together what we cannot do alone. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMktWfxs89j/?igshid=l4n2k3axp5nc

1/15/98 I wrote the start of the first poem I would publish. All these years. All these beautiful wonderful people. All these exciting and horrible things we have experienced. Sometimes together. Sometimes alone. But we still always have those moments together. Memories made for us and no one else. I hope we remember. Love. Friendship. Fun. And crazy cool things we have done. Over the years. These things have become us. Let us never forget each other. To all my friends over all these years. I still love you : ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIleelMya8/?igshid=p20h5r6teuh4

What if life were less about getting what we wanted and more about making sure we all had what we needed? What kind of world would that be if everyone’s needs were met and we all could have the same opportunities to individualize collectively. Humanity could take the next step evolutionarily. We would all rise together and reach a new level of richness and wealth in community with each other. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXk2JIsozZ/?igshid=1ey2g811itkr8