Today's Rambling Thoughts

[livefrommombasa]

Some of you have known me for a really long time. And some of you who have not known me for a really long time still know that my entire life I've wanted to grow up and help people. I focused so much energy on learning how to be in service to others throughout my adolescence

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[lost_in_peru]

I'm taking a cuisine and culture class right now, and I'm seeing more and more the power of controling your food, bringing yourself back closer to the world and connecting back with nature. I miss it too... especially after long hours of homework in my dorm room!

It's so interesting reading your journal and reading my sister's... she's woring for AmeriCorps in CA and finding her work helpful to the community and herself, but at the same time I think she's looking for something more. It's funny though because she's living in the sticks now :-)

Take care... I'm sure you'll find your passion very soon.

[dechiree]

I do understand how you feel, even though I've been suburbia all my life. It's hard not to be around nature, especially when you're really close to it like you are. Hopefully the garden plot will help, but don't hesistate to take hiking trips on the weekends!

[ellehollinger]

There is something about spending time doing physical things with my hands that really feeds me internally, like crafting or baking or gardening-- some of the activities you mentioned. I often long for a more honest, genuine sort of life where I can run through forests and grow food and use my hands. Somewhere in my head/heart I feel that a life of voluntary simplicity, free from all the material things I am supposed to need and full of all those spiritually fulfilling activities like growing one's own food and waking up without an alarm clock, is the better way to live. Of course, when I finally do stop and engage in those activities heavily I often tire of them too and find that what I needed was a break, and not a major life change. I can imagine that a complex, intelligent, and multi-skilled women such as yourself would have a lot of conflicting concepts of "the good life" and it doesn't surprise me at all that after fulfilling one ideal you still feel that some part of you is left hungry

[livefrommombasa]

Thanks for that reminder for balance.

[ellehollinger]

Yeah, those two bottom phrases were noted from writing that should have been deleted out. Disregard!

[keaki83]

Oh, girl. I hear you. I've been working with this since...well, since I graduated. And before even