This section probably will really piss a lot of people off. I'm not much for following traditional concepts in this area. So consider yourself warned, this is just an opinion.

That being said, I feel all bad things in history have their roots in religion and the insidious monopoly of control and power. Anytime you follow anything without question, you can be lead astray. I meet so many people base all life decisions on what others or "god" told them to do or better yet when they choose to take no action waiting on "god" and then when nothing happens, it must be "gods" will. What an excuse to not take responsibility for your life and decisions.

Letting go of things…. Letting go of mementos…. Letting go of days gone by….

Sometimes you have to let go in order to make room for the future.

People who hang on to everything they’ve ever owned drive me crazy. Or even more annoying is a person who has really nice items that they never use because they are saving them for a special occasion. Let’s get real everyday you wake up and take a breath is a pretty special day.

My family = pack-rats… “never know when you might need that”, “might not be able to buy something nice again”… if you look at the root of most of the pack-rat phrases for keeping something it usually has negative twist or has a hint of fear of the future….

How do you find solace after a hard day? What helps you stop to breath and find your own thoughts? It is so very hard sometimes to find ourselves let alone hear ourselves.

My mind seems to go 90 miles a minute and wears me out. There are so many thoughts polluting my mind that sometimes my voice is fully muffled. How can I follow my gut instinct if I can’t even hear it?

I have to find a way to stop and breath. There’s meditation, yoga and for me music. Alas, music soothes the savage beast.

Awe Sweet Spring!! There’s no place I’d rather be than outside when spring arrives. Everything is waking up from the slumber and everything that looked totally dead starts to sprout green. It never ceases to amaze me!

I find so much sanity with the dirt, the green, the bloom, birds singing. To just lie silently listening and feeling the warm sun kiss with the light breeze caressing your skin. I don’t feel alone at those moments… I feel connected to the universe.

If you get lonely, plant something, nurture it fully and watch the results. It really does help.

It is safe to say that either you are into animals or aren’t…. its okay but animal lovers really don’t get “those other people” and “those other people” really don’t get animal lovers!!

That being said I have really close friends who are “those other people”. They are still good people but don’t ever try to change their scope of thought it just doesn’t work that way.

I use to over commit and be involved in all kind of community affairs and work and projects and people…. I don’t recommend that… you burn out and are useless to yourself and the world…

So now I try to keep it real with community affairs, what am I truly drawn to… what’s my soft spot… what matters the most to me…. I use to have a hard time picking one or two non-profits to give to… and it still is hard there are so many that do so much.