videos<\/a>!\u00a0 I first found him on YouTube during my Juice Fast with Joan.\u00a0 I liked him then, and appreciated his voice.\u00a0 Now, his message resonates deeper.\u00a0 Maybe for no reason other than I have two cookies to love now:\u00a0 Sam and<\/i> Stella!<\/p>\nI think to appreciate DTM, you have to watch him about three times.\u00a0 Dan, you are so honest and bring so much love in your message.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why it should take more than one session to catch your vibe.\u00a0 Maybe you\u2019re quality is similar to my husband\u2019s:\u00a0 you both take up a lot of cosmic space in a room-and this happens to be a quality I deeply admire!<\/p>\n
Looking forward and at the present, what does DTM mean to me now?<\/p>\n
You remind me to ask myself, who am I?\u00a0 Who am I outside of the story I create of myself through my various roles?\u00a0 While there was a time I swore never to play another role in my life, perhaps now I am willing to play roles, or try them on rather, so long as they are authentic.\u00a0 Is that though an oxymoron:\u00a0 can a \u201crole\u201d be authentic?<\/p>\n
Recently I was enjoying an afternoon at the park.\u00a0 I noticed a woman with shorter hair, kept off her face with a folded scarf.\u00a0 She wore a loose, flowing skirt, and some comfortable tee.\u00a0 Hers is a look that appeals to me.\u00a0 I captured it in part during our honeymoon.\u00a0 Tony took me shopping at the Buffalo Exchange (thrift store) in Boulder, Colorado.\u00a0 There is a clean patchouli cell that floats around somewhere in my body.\u00a0 The fact that I so frequently forget to use deodorant can attest to that rogue cell.\u00a0 There is another rather uptight cell neighboring the flower child that craves white gloves, a glorious hat, beautiful lipstick, hair pulled back a la 1940, with attire from the 40s or 50s:\u00a0 1950s when I am in my home, 1940s when I am out and about town.\u00a0 Is there an authentic essence our artistic side releases when we are able to dress and decorate our bodies?<\/i><\/p>\n
So, perhaps on Tuesday<\/strong>, you could catch me in my yoga paints, my hair air-dried, not a stitch of makeup on my face, save a touch of lip-gloss.\u00a0 This is the Brie that appreciates and maybe even likes camping.\u00a0 I can embrace a long, flowing skirt and comfortable flip-flops, maybe even a \u201cchic\u201d pair of Birkenstocks.<\/p>\nOn Wednesday<\/strong>, you may find me paying $200 at the Bare Escentuals counter for a handful of beauty items.\u00a0 My legs are shaved (they haven\u2019t been in some time), I\u2019m wearing-dare I call them- pumps, a well tailored dress.\u00a0 I have a cut and color appointment in the near future or recent past.\u00a0 I\u2019ll go ahead and stay out a bit longer than I would otherwise (leaving my 8 month old baby in the care of her daddy or grandparents) and get a manicure and pedicure, and yes, I\u2019ll pay extra for an extended leg message.<\/p>\nOf coarse there are the handful of days, I will have not washed my hair or body, although its not because I prefer myself unkempt, but rather because I\u2019m busy taking care of other things and am caught in a cyclone to Oz or elsewhere.\u00a0 I ask myself, how do I pick which task to do first?<\/i>\u00a0 How do my choices affect my priorities and what exactly are my priorities?\u00a0 The answer depends on what I\u2019m wearing.\u00a0 Am I dressed in a full-skirt dress, buttoned up to the collar with a belt around my waist, donning my super cute, coordinated apron?\u00a0 Then my priorities reside within the walls and perimeter of my home.\u00a0 I\u2019ll spend more time in my back yard.\u00a0 I\u2019ll attempt to meal plan (I\u2019ll consider buying myself a chef\u2019s uniform to wear when I\u2019m delighted in culinary adventures and expressions of love).\u00a0 I\u2019ll notice the clutter of my 800 square foot home and attempt to do something about it, or plot to conquer it all in some plan that involves recruiting the right friends:\u00a0 Kelly and Joan.<\/p>\n
Did I skip my deodorant for the fifth time in a row and am I honestly not sure of the day of week when I last washed my hair?\u00a0 Priorities?\u00a0 Maybe, I recognize that I am once again in a bit of new baby survival mode.\u00a0 My priority is to participate, or at least show up.\u00a0 Do something around the house to help Tony.\u00a0 I think this happens on his days off:\u00a0 I power down.\u00a0 What about me?<\/i> I might ask.\u00a0 I\u2019ll spend time pinning<\/i> onto my Writing Room.\u00a0 I\u2019ll ask, why don\u2019t I write more<\/i>, when will I write<\/i>?\u00a0 How will I make the time to write<\/i>?\u00a0 When given a bit of time to myself, I\u2019ll sneak off and read-even prep to do something meaningful with Sammie.\u00a0 The truth is, in this state I am too jumbled to decide on which priorities I should focus on first.\u00a0 This is perhaps where Ms. All-Ornothing<\/i> resides.<\/p>\n
Dan The Man, where are you among these paragraphs?\u00a0 Where do you take up residence in my mercurial ride toward expressing and residing within my authentic self?\u00a0 Again, your message reminds me of the question.\u00a0 The question to keep at the forefront of my mind in my daily changing wardrobe.\u00a0 How do I want to best live my life?\u00a0 So, let\u2019s talk food for a few more paragraphs.<\/p>\n
I believe in the healing power of food.\u00a0 I sense the dedication it can hold, like a religion.\u00a0 I want to bring health to my body and to my family\u2019s body.\u00a0 I want joy in food and cooking (or preparing).\u00a0 I want quality of taste and adventure.\u00a0 I want to put good things into my body that will fuel me.\u00a0 But sometimes I also want the chocolate chip cookie, the frozen yogurt, the ice cream, chocolate bar, Nutella.\u00a0 What does it mean, actually, to say you have a sweet tooth?\u00a0 Is it just a sign of the addiction to sugar?\u00a0 My weakness is for sugar more than for a good steak, but I do enjoy a good steak, or seared ahi tuna, fresh fish, fresh oysters, oh, yes, and pasta and how could I forget about pizza?!\u00a0 I do love food.\u00a0 Question for you, Dan the Man, is there a marriage of variety and flavor and texture and adventure in the raw vegan diet?\u00a0 Maybe this should be the question I seek to answer.\u00a0 Oh, and what about warmth?\u00a0 Should I get the warmth from a tomato picked off the vine in the height of afternoon sun?\u00a0 The same for a fresh strawberry?\u00a0 Is this where I will find warmth in food?\u00a0 Warmth through garlic?\u00a0 Actually, I sense that a whole new world can open up to me in raw foods.\u00a0 My god, just start with the almond coconut yogurt!\u00a0 By the way, the almonds I soaked a few days ago, I believe are rotting.\u00a0 I\u2019ve got to start with a new handful.<\/p>\n
The good news is I\u2019ve discovered a big idea question to investigate:\u00a0 Find warmth and variety in raw foods.<\/p>\n
Warmth and variety.<\/p>\n
Warmth and variety.<\/p>\n
Warmth and variety.<\/p>\n
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Maybe that is all I need.\u00a0 In life.\u00a0 Among my priorities.\u00a0 Seek warmth and variety.\u00a0 Provide warmth and variety.\u00a0 I think this could be a recipe for a life well spent.\u00a0 What do you think, Dan?<\/p>\n
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