12.31.17

goodbye 2017

12.31.14

goodbye 2014!

wow 2014. wow.  i am not at all sorry to see you go.  i haven't had so many unexpected outside forces dictate the course of my life in a very long time.  we weathered your storms, rolled with your punches, and hopefully emerged stronger and wiser - time will tell truly.

of course this year wasn't without its good times, and it's blessings.  after all my journeys and ramblings and taking the very very long way home, i finally made it back to colorado.  it's hard to describe the pull of the mountains on the mountain born.  i see them in my dreams, on the backs of my eyelids.  i follow the play of light on their cliffs and faces over days and seasons.  although i am on the wrong side of them i am still near them.  my heartbeat has never been one of waves and water, it was always one of stone and wood.

2014 we did our best, put down roots, worked our hardest.  still i am looking forward eagerly with a positive and hopeful heart.  i know that all homes may be temporary but for now i am here, i am home, i am ready to offer all that i have and receive some goodness.

12.31.13

                                         happy new year babies!

i was looking up my resolutions from this past year and i did pretty damn good.  the list i compiled on day one of 2013 was as follows:

this year i resolve to:
- learn spanish (check!)
- continue and go further on this path of health (check!)
- visit a country on my short list (check! check!)
- learn to surf for real (check!)
- *surrender 
- be present (check, mostly)
- continue a dedicated yoga practice (CHECK!)
- visit anbesa and frankie ray (fail.)
- have the most epic year of all time (CHECK CHECK CHECK!)

* surrender ~ ishwara pranidhana ~ surrender is the voluntary letting go of limited, personal desires for the sake of a greater and more fulfilling experience.

while i really hit it out of the park with most items, surrender is an ongoing challenge.  i'll put it on the list, this year and every year.  i'll check in next year on 2014.  i have a feeling it's gonna be another amazing one.