Three-thirty non-slumber abounds. Memories and hopes I hold in my mind, but worry and doubt are the weeds choking them always. Perhaps a cursive recording will help the positive seeds take root.
My ideal life isn’t grand or impossible, it’s something I can have hope in. I do have moments where vast plans do appeal to me, but consistantly I return o hope that someday my simple dream could become a reality. Recording the dream may be a good place to begin.
I want to create a community of those dearest to me. I have people in my life who I believe are extraordinary friends. I think that to connect them and form a compassionate community with a sort of creativity and diversity of personaliy as are found in my truest friends would be completely wonderful. Yes, distance and some differences would prove to be obsticles, but the resulting connections would be so valuable and rewarding that it would be worth any effort.
Wandering would be another element of my dream, and also a key to implementing community. I’m always filled with wanderlust. Not only do I wish to experience new places and their peoples, but I strongly want to visit those I love who are scattered across the world. To experience the world and enjoy the company of wonderfulpeople would be the most rewarding thing for me to do other than helping others.
In order to habe both the community and the ability to wander, I would like to have some of my dear friends as traveling companions, perhaps only for short periods. With others to share discoveries with I would feel the act of wandering would be doing more good. Also, having a network of support would be beneficial to each of us. We’d be a roving band of true-hearted fools.
I write on actual paper quite rarely. Partly it’s because I strive to do all I can to conserve trees, and partly it’s because I find typing a more efficient way to record and share my words. Sometimes, especially in the wee hours of the morning, I do take out a pad of paper and jot down my thoughts. This is one selection from some time ago.