Oh the places you will go....

Oh the places that I have been....
Oh the people that I have met....
Oh the experiences I have had....

I have this itch in my body to travel, to see the world and to experience life without supermarkets, public transportation and high rises. I have a curiosity to learn and to inspire through my actions. I had somewhat of a rebellious streak growing up but that curiosity to learn and travel never hindered that. I saw rules as limiting my ability to grow, to get out into the world and truly understand life.  Learning for me is not reading----we can all read! Learning is applying a principle and living it out, feeling it down into your bones, to the deepest layer of your soul. 

Yesterday I was allowed to spend the entire day with one of my amazing friends. I taught a yoga class with her in the morning and by mid-morning, starving for something to eat, I made her my very top secret vegan cookies. We go to whole foods and pick up ingredients, get home and I go to work. I put it all together and had this great idea, not in the rule books or on the recipe at all. So I grab the blender and make up this goo of  chia seeds, chocolate peanut butter, a little almond milk, coconut oil and bananas. I mix it in and taste what could quite possibly be Satan, in cookie form. They were delicious! It was one of those few moments where breaking the rules actually paid off for me. I am not proud to tell you this because it has led me into a lot of trouble but if I did not agree with the rule or it did not make sense to me I would break it, bend it or just pretend I never saw it. 

Same goes for recipes and the rest of my life. I learned how to bake by not doing what I was supposed to, watching cooking shows and then just  going into the kitchen and making a bunch of food. Some was good, some was awful but that is the only way I know how to truly learn any craft, to put my hands on it, make a couple mistakes and keep doing it.

I know that my journey in life does not stop here in California, I will move on and go other places, touch other people and taste a different part of the world. I know that my desire to learn from life experience comes at a cost. As I get wiser, I realize there are times to just follow the rules but there are also times to shake off what everyone is telling you and just follow your heart. Like Dr. Seuss said “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” 

My purpose and direction only becomes more clear as I get on my mat, as I go out into the world, as I meet new people and as I start to see my actions reflecting what is in my heart---to give, to live and to love!