Title: Greatful Goddess

Gender: Female

Age: 39

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Chinese Sign: Earth Rooster

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Who I am is an invitation to love, laugh and play everyday. My purpose in life is to assist all of us in reawakening and loving our true selves. I am a Greatful Goddess!

We are all greatful goddesses and gods – full of amazing qualities, talents and attributes. The joy in life is re-discovering and celebrating these “Greats” in ourselves and others.

Life is great. Celebrate!


Staying Connected!  LinkedIn?  Myspace?  Let me know!


FREE HUGs:
I celebrate Juan Mann who started FREE HUGs which is now sweeping the world bringing love and smiles to millions of people.  Hey beautiful people… let's get the delicious and delightful FREE HUGgers in the San Francisco Bay Area together for a FREE HUG-a-thon!!  Who's with me?!? Zaadz me!

Homecoming:
In the quiet of our loved one's passing I am aware of the mastery and mystery of love. Their gift of laughter and warm embrace, the smiles on their face - move gently into the depths of our hearts; coming home. They are never really gone from us for they are alive in our hearts.  

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Begin Vegan
I began eating as a vegan in December 2006.  I'm sharing about my journey as a lot of people have asked me “Why?!”

My grandparents lived on a farm and raised vegetables and animals for food.  I was aware of where food came from from an early age.  From 6th-8th grade, my family also raised vegetables and animals .  I participated in the process of raising animals, killing and preparing them for food.  I was very young and did not have a choice to not participate and this process broke my heart.  I still cry when I think about it, as the images are still vivid in my mind.  When I was 18 I became a vegetarian for 13 years. 

After that I began eating poultry.  Even while doing so, I found myself being unable to prepare dishes or look at raw meat without a sense of uneasiness.  It was a rare occassion that I could actually buy and cook it myself.  

In December, I spent a month researching the practices of meat and dairy farming and found myself weeping at my computer screen.  I know the people who are treating these animals in this way also need prayers.  I found these people doing similar behaviors that terrorists do to people in captivity - and I became ill.  No living being should have to endure such suffering.  I looked at my little Toby dog, who I adore with all my heart, and knew that from this day forward I would honor my love for him and all animals by being vegan.

I may not be perfect every day but I'm perfectly willing to try!  My spirit is happy that I made this choice for myself. It's right for me.

I found this explanation from LearningtoListen page which resonates a lot with how I feel.  I am not preaching to anyone rather sharing what's in my heart.  Namaste.
http://www.learningtolisten.info/pages/environment/environment.html
 

You don't have to be a vegetarian to live a mindful life, you don't have to enjoy being in nature or love the smell of flowers to be fully awake; but these things do often support a deeper appreciation and enjoyment of our time on this planet - not to mention that to live in a softer and less impactful way ultimately allows generations to come to also enjoy what each of us has had the pleasure to experience.  In some ways it does come down to the simple distinction between selfish or selfless.  What motivates each of us to live in the way that we do?

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

-M.K. Gandhi

“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.  Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals.”

-Milan Kundera

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