Amanda

The inspiration for my blog: Amanda. I sort of unconsciously decided, based on public opinion, that blogs were selfish, narcissistic. I now see how important a tool they are! My friend is traveling and moving about A LOT and it's wonderful to read her blog and be able to keep up with her comings and goings.

I want to immerse myself in a foreign culture, specifically a Latin American one, like she is. Maybe Mexico, just ONE. I NEED to learn Spanish fluently and it won't happen reading Spanish for Dummies.

But, for now, I am moving to my girlfriend's apartment in the town of my Alma Mater to work on our life together. It's not perminent, but, at the expense of sounding like a politician, it's a step towards our future.

I just spoke to Amanda from her research base in Costa Rica. She does not feel the pull towards family life I do, nor does she "believe." She is quite skeptical and nomadic and I applaud, no, laud her stamina. I want life simple. She wants life chaotic, unpredictable. One of the many reasons I love her. She is truly my soul-sister, a friend I have known for many generations.

We are karmic family. It's a deep relationship that I wish all people can be blessed with because our day to day lives are so filled with polite, empty banter with people we know nothing about. We absolutely thrive on those deep interdependent relationships. We need to share, as a species, and in today's world, we can't share. Our (western) society is so individualistic that we are without supports. We desperately need Love and Respect. I thank the Will of All Things for my soul-friends, my soul-family, my girlfriend, and for the new people in my life(s).