HAKUNA MATATA - NO WORRIES!

Watching the movie The Lion King, I'm reminded: Hakuna Matata, a Swahili phrase literally translated meaning "There are no worries!" 

Since I left AZ at the end of October, I have been in survival mode, major transition. I haven't been doing any writing or movement to move ETL forward. I never knew what each day would bring and it's been a major opportunity to continue practicing trusting, letting go and receiving. (Read more about this in either of my books, GPS for Living or Everybody Wants to go to Heaven).

My journey has taken me from AZ for a month of house sitting in Northern California. The day that job was complete, I did a job for two weeks of helping an artist pack and getting ready to move. When that was over, I drove and spent several days in Oakland with one of my daughters and then headed down to Orange County on the Winter Solstice. We stopped in Malibu and hiked The Solstice Canyon where we sat in a cave, Jim Morrison of The Doors, used to write his songs in. (Amazing day) Arriving in the great OC, I spent a couple of nights there and I then left for a house sitting job back in AZ, where I am now and will continue to be until Jan. 5.

Still working on trusting that my needs are being provided for, I began applying for jobs all along the way. I'm not sure where the doors will open after Jan. 5, but I'm going to make Hakuna Matata my motto for the new year!! No Worries!! 

Self Care 101

At the beginning of my journey into self-discovery, or Becoming Real, as I refer to it in each of my two books, GPS for Living and Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Just Not NOW!, I got the brainy idea to tithe myself the amount of years that I have been on this earth to begin healing from the inside out. I gave myself permission to take off 5 years (as I was 50) from having to get a real job!. (That was 12 years ago!) Now, once again, as I find myself off balance with my projects and consciously trying to become skilled at finding balance in my life, I decided, once again, to tithe myself 2.4 hrs each day, for self-care. Time for ME. (Well, actually I rounded UP to 2.5 hrs :) Two and a half hours a day just for me, what in the heck will I do for 2 and a half hours for myself! Let's see, shower, hair and make-up, that's a total of 5 minutes....now what else? Read, meditate, exercise, play my native american flute....hmmmmm. For pete's sake Pati, you're at the beach....can't you find something to do for you?

As I walked along the beach, this scene in the sand caught my attention. I noticed that there were 5 different prints, all who shared this same space on this earth in a relatively short period of time. Had I not stopped, taken a walk and was conscious in my efforts, I would not have seen what I considered to be an incredible sight.

Now, I can think of a lot of things to do for myself, will I take the time? Can I do it....I'll try... and then I'm sure, I'll have to start over A....G...A...I...N...but eventually, the trying will become habit. That's the theory anyway!