Food For Thought

I can see why there is a movement towards homeschooling, organic, raising gardens and children close to home.  It makes sense.

“What’s next?” is the question du jour.   I want to drop out, lower my standard of living like when I was in grad school, and focus on being of service. Why wait until that magical retirement year when I know it can happen sooner?  I received 5 catalogues in the mail today.  I said to my husband when he came home from work,  ”Some people buy duvet covers for their beds so their beds look like a catalogue bed: organized, spotless, crisp, fresh and new.  No cat prints,  no cat hair, no wrinkles and books piled up. Maybe that, they think, will make things right?!”  Some days its attractive…a solution so simple.  That is if one wants a temporary fix at a price to the soul.  We’re all too smart for that, eh?!

I’m ready to drop out, leave it all behind, move to Mexico to a 4 room home, teach English and how to floss.  My mate loves his work and isn’t ready. Is it my imagination or are women more often “out there” sooner?” 

I admire people who have dropped out, have frayed collars and holes in their socks or shoes and don’t care because they get to read a book uninterrupted, take their kid for a walk on the beach, or garden for three hours.  Today,  I forced myself to wear a battered sweatshirt to run errands.  They still let me into the post office.  *chuckle*  No one cares really: they’re thinking their own thoughts. 

Well,  its out there now and I’ll see where it goes in the Universe and hopefully the wish will land and take form in the way its supposed to…I’m ready for a Mongolian yurt, a couple of acres, a few clothes and my new work to reveal itself.  In the meantime, I’ll keep showing up, do my jobs, and not be attached to the outcome.  Well, not much anyway.  :-)  

Always nice being here.  I thought I needed a coffee, but I really needed a chat.  Good talking to you…stay in touch.

Hugs.

About the Author...

It has taken me years to unlearn much of what I learned about psychology and health. Suffice it to say, I believe in home schooling, the work of Price, Fallon, Enig and Cowan and one's right to be happy in one's life. My husband and I live in Sunnyvale, CA with seven fabulous cats. They teach us to take a nap when the urge strikes, to eat heartily when hungry and to stretch into the new day. La Vida es Bueno!