Trusting Myself

Yesterday on my way to Yoga, my favorite time to walk and meditate, I had a realization. It was actually a conversation with myself (in my head, not out loud) that was life-changing.

I trust myself
I trust my intuition
I trust my choices
I trust my heart
I trust my physical and emotional strength
I trust my knowledge, skills and capabilities
I trust my flexibility, creativity and courage
I trust that I take care of myself and always land on my feet

Namaste

Little World Just Got a Bit Bigger

Yesterday morning, while getting ready for yoga class, I left the baby-gate at the foot of my staircase unlocked. Like little kittens my two housemates, ages 2.5 and 4.9, found their way up to my room. I often hear them playing downstairs but suddenly I noticed that their voices were getting louder. I looked out my door and the little one nearly had a heart attack. He honestly didn't know that there was an upstairs and that I lived there. First words out of his mouth were, "sorry".

I invited them in to check out my room and they were very respectful of my stuff, and curious as well. The best part was that the little one said and did everything the bigger one was doing. I pointed that out to the older brother and he said, "yeah, I know..." Funny how I noticed this for the first time when they were in my space as opposed to me being in theirs.

Our little visit ended when their mom called them back downstairs. Several times during the day I reflected on the look of shock on the little one's face as I came around the corner. It cracked me up each time. His tiny world just got a little bigger.

Parties and Transitions

This past weekend I went to a Saturday night party which prompted me to make some observations and realizations.

Observations:

• I'm not into loud parties with people getting drunk
• I would rather spend time in small groups or one-on-one really getting to know someone or making a deeper connection with a friend
• By 11pm I'm ready to be in my cozy bed

Realizations:

• So many people are in career transition - unique to the San Francisco Bay Area?
• Ask people what they do and they act confused and ashamed - and I'm not talking about bankers
• People would rather talk about 30 Rock than real life (I've never seen 30 Rock so that puts me out of the conversation)
• I'm making better connections with rocking cool amazing women than any men I've met in the past year - hum.

In contrast to this Saturday night party I had a lovely lunch earlier in the day with two mature women friends. We had flowing conversation on a variety of very interesting topics, ate unbelievable decadent food and made future plans to trek out on an arts venture. So inspiring. Why is this so much more appealing than scoping out men at depressing parties?