Up early this morning and plowing through my ritual - jasmine green tea and time with my pen and journal and favorite authors. Lately that has meant a daily verse of the Tao followed by a writing in 37 days: Life is a Verb by Patty Digh. Today's thoughts from Life is a Verb, written under the premise of having 37 days left to live and how you would spend them if you knew, spoke of desire lines - those paths we take that veer off of the sidewalks and lanes provided because human spirit knows a truer, surer way. Though not provided by architects and landscapers, they MAKE SENSE TO US. So little dirt paths emerge that connect us to where we are going that bypass concrete rules and directions.
So often I get negative feedback or commentary on my choice of diet/lifestyle. What I often hear is what I have come to see as a sad acceptance for an inherited way of viewing the world. This is the way it is, why be a weirdo and question it? Why deprive yourself when everyone else goes with the flow? Who are you to be different?
I'm me. That's who. I'm being Real and being Genuine. I am walking my Desire Line. And it feels amazing.And it makes sense TO ME.
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