Soul Kin

I am fortunate in that I have quite a lot of soul kin. These are the people that draw out the very most inward places. The people that you have an inexplicable and unbreakable connection with. I don’t say this to be froo froo…sometimes drawing out the very most inward places is hard work and its not always comfortable…but these people…or your connection to them…draws you to do it anyway. They make you want to grow. And like it or not…you do. On two occasions, I have, against the best of advice, pursued soul kin across an emotional galaxy when it seemed to others the most irrational and dysfunctional course I could choose. But deep down, I don’t care. I am being driven by a deep force and I don’t want to be limited to our notions of reality all the time. Sometimes love and compassion can be great great things and they unlock magic. Of course…sometimes love can be foolish…but that is not the point of this post! I read in this great book by Marian Williamson (I think it was her) that there aren’t bad people doing bad things to us…the explanation used by most of your loved ones to see you through your heartaches (and not just romantic ones…there are all sorts of disappointments and hardships people face)…but really everybody is just on their own path, doing their best to figure out their own lessons…and sometimes they stumble when they cross your path. But I still love them. I’ve stumbled many a time on someone else’s sidewalk and I always hoped they would still love me, even when I wasn’t showing my best parts. Soul kin do that. So when you find them, you don’t let them go. They are gems.

Soul-Mates

Must come fast, smart, slick, and tasty.

Seriously, it is that simple.

Water Words that Work

This is a great blog. It talks a lot about how our everyday shoptalk gets lost on the general public, and how a lot of our efforts to educate people about environmental issues get lost because we are so busy using over-the-top vocabulary. For instance, very few people understand what the word “watershed” means. And apparently people respond to the phrases “clean water” and “family activities” rather than “drinking water supply” and “recreation”. It’s worth reading if you are involved in any public outreach activities. I have learned so much and I evaluate all of our outreach materials in a completely new way now. Also…I have always been obsessed with using beautiful imagery of beautiful places because I thought it was important to have aesthetic appeal, but I’ve been noticing that pictures that show children playing in a river, for example, will be more effective in promoting river clean up and what not.

http://waterwordsthatwork.com/

Check it out and then BOOKMARK it!

Living with Love (or not)

i don’t know about the rest of you…but i’ve had it! what is most frustrating to me is maintaining this unconditional, i want everyone else to be happy, everything happens for a reason, it all works out in the end BULLSHIT. if i hear that one more time from my mother…jebus! but really…where is the line between being open and being foolish? how do you know what is worth taking a risk for and what is delusional? it’s impossible to say. i guess the only thing i can hang my hat on is “if it makes you feel bad….STOP”. just stop. okay…saying STOP is one thing…IMPLEMENTATION another. and i’ll tell you why. it’s this little monster of a thing that has the power to overtake all reason and mental stability and it’s a little tiny word that is trying to prove it has a big dick…EGO. like the guy driving the camaro revving his engine at me…i am just sure he’s got 8 inches…i mean…he’s got so much to say. anyways…the ego will make us do foolish, foolish things…like dig small holes until they become very, very big indeed. makes us keep talking when we should just shut up, makes us keep probing when we should RETREAT, RETREAT, RETREAT. but its simple…we all want to be loved…we all want to be chosen…and so we keep trying for that. so…here is a question that will help with that…”what is the absolute worst thing about not being chosen or loved by this person”…really? who wants to be with someone who isn’t making them feel absolutely fabulous or adored or appreciated. that only eats away at our core and misleads us into thinking we’re not those things. and that is OUR responsibility to remember that…not anyone else’s. so the bottom line, whether you are living with love (or not) is that if we are aligned with our core beliefs…if we do things when we feel good and stop doing things when they feel bad, if we don’t have loads of guilt (a trigger to tell us we’re doing something we don’t feel good about), if we’re NOT crying, if we’re sleeping well, then we know we are at peace with ourselves…and remember that we already have everything we need. When we are this way…we are enchanting because we can want and desire people without needing them. Now that is power…and that will shut that little whore of an ego-dick up for good. Now get on it! Here’s a great quote my mom sent me:

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did”

If what you’re doing isn’t working…what is the harm in trying something new? It’s hard to break a pattern, but it’s harder to stay unhappy.