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Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman
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I want God to play in my blood stream, the way sunlight amuses itself on water. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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Let the beauty we love, be what we do.  ~ Rumi

30 Days Raw – Day 29: Lessons from a Shih Tzu

4th October 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations For the past three days, I have had the pleasure of taking care of my friend Charisse's Shih Tzu - Phoebe.  Besides being just about the cutest darn thing you've ever seen, she is an example of a life lived with joy and confidence and ease.  She's a bit of a sleepy head, so while I did my morning yoga routine, she slept in.  But then after all, she...

30 Days Raw – Day 24: Technological Challenges

29th September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations I flew back home to Laguna Beach today from my parent's house in Castle Rock.  As it turned out, the most challenging part of my visit was not eating raw, but dealing with my parent's dial-up internet connection, which moves at the speed of molasses... on a cold, bitterly cold, winter day.  Just trying to get my mom set up on Facebook was painful. ...

30 Days Raw – Day 20: Surrrprise, Surrrprise, Surrrprise

26th September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations I have always been struck by how delicious raw food is.  When I first went raw, that was the thing that surprised me most - it was actually really, really good.  I would follow a recipe and thow a bunch of things in my blender, and was just blown away by the aromas and the flavors.  When I've invited friends for dinner and fed them a raw...

30 Days Raw – Day 16: New Skin Suit

21st September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations Today I treated myself to a far infrared sauna.  If you've never had one of these things, you have got to try it.  Infrared sauna is mentioned in a lot of literature about detoxification.  Rather than heating from the outside like a conventional sauna, this sauna heats you up from the inside out.  This heating from the inside out, helps toxins move...