Life Requirements

I’ve been feeling repentantly and unrepentantely raw since the beginning of this year. I haven’t experienced such a profound shift in my lifetime. Nor have my friends, who are undergoing massive transformations only once dreamed of. I’ve been prompted many times by guides and teachers during this time in Spain to write down my life goals or requirements. I’m allergic to the word “goals”. It sounds terrible in my chest. A guide recently called them “requirements”. I like the sound of that better, like something that will just fall into place when I envision it, which might be pretty fantastical but I’m willing to work it for now.

Without too much in depth thought, here is a nascent bullet point list.

• A home base I can travel to and from, potentially moving seasonally to work different jobs but always having a place to return that I can call home. This home will need to be: small, have lots of land and nature surrounding it without too many people nearby. I would love it to be a place I share with my friends seasonally also.
• Work wherever I go. Not the kind of rat race over worked work, but the kind of work that will sustain me in my place of choice at the moment.
• Slow travel. My nervous system is having a difficult time with airplane travel at the moment. If that discomfort persists I see a lot of transatlantic sailings in my future! Me and Greta on our million dollar eco-yachts!
• Feel connected to the earth through growing of food and plants and a constant surrounding of natural beauty. Bathing in natural beauty is my preferred way of life.
• A partner willing to travel with me, metaphorically and physically. Who gives me freedom to be however I am emotionally, spiritually, physically in the world and doesn’t project anything onto me. He will want to grow with me. I will obviously reciprocate this honorable and freedom loving intent.
• Lead a Sober-ish lifestyle. Be sober most of the time, this means maybe 10 times a year I will be under the influence of drugs.
• Find my soul group members all over the world and do our healing work and our physical work together. Learn from each other. Show each other the future.
• Continue deepening in my cranio-sacral world with my tribe of beautiful women in Portland, Oregon.
• Heal my relationships with my family. My parents and brother.
• I require a big enough kitchen for you and I to cook in and community dinners for us to hold.
• Listen to my soul’s intention at the time and follow it. Then enjoy the path.
• Develop my presence through singing, music, bodywork, Qi Gong, meditation, Love experiences. Share this presence with people wherever I am.
• Wander in the desert.
• Always keep my soul open to deviate from my stated path.
• Swim in the cold rivers of Oregon while I still can and love this great mess we’ve gotten ourselves into.
• Fresh food.
• My pet companions with me or close to me.
• Sharing information and insights with people.
• Serve Others.