Therapy Post

The Mesa: Garden Paradise

Day two on the water, and I'm feeling a bit isolated.  Although its beauty is to die for, the distance Marshall is from a more "busy" downtown Point Reyes Station and even Inverness is quite apparent.  It is also freezing!!  Ok, I'll stop complaining.  Life here is pretty amazing.  I just need to wear socks to bed.  :)

Today I spent time in a beautiful garden up on what's called The Mesa in Inverness.  I was helping out Sandra Holland, a funny older woman with corn rows that are completely grey from her age.  I hope someday to be as cool as her.  I am meeting a lot of great people, having lots of interesting conversation with people I would not necessarily meet otherwise.  Most of these people are older, and I don't mind, and in most ways I genuinely enjoy hearing their perspectives on life and its dilemmas.  I am really learning a lot about myself and my own opinions just by listening.

I am in desperate need to read, lots and lots of different things, but I am finding it harder to fit it in than I anticipated.  Time seems to slip away from me and suddenly it's the end of another day.  I also struggle with the urge to continue to write, especially just quick blurbs on this blog, but it is difficult to find the time and the energy.  And yet another dilemma, I miss swimming and exercise in general, but I haven't had the time to fit that in either  Oh, and piano too.  I'm probably too hard on myself, but I really do need exercise and music in my life to pursue my other interests, like the commons.

Strange how self-fulfillment trumps everything else.  I'll just leave it at that.  Another day, another question to delve into.