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January 05, 2006
Thoughts for next year
Already thinking about next year's New Year's Eve party... and actually it's in line with something that's up for me generally, perhaps to set some intentions around for 2006.
It's probably best summed up as an intention to live more in line with my values this year.
It feels like the more time passes since leaving Heartwood, the more lax I've gotten.
It's so easy to fall into the mainstream routine. I don't like always "being the one" to bring up issues of nutrition, health, and sustainability, I don't like the reactions from my roommates, and I don't like the extra time or expenses any more than they do. And so it's really too easy to just shut up, look the other way, and do what's easy instead of what's "right".
But as I reflect on the ways in which our party was not in line with my values, did not contribute to the kind of world in which I want to live, I'm left with another reality: that I don't like throwing an unconscious party, I don't like having to apologize for any of my choices (failing to choose consciously is a choice), and I don't like the prospect of not attracting the kind of people I want in my life because I'm not living the kind of life that attracts them.
On that last note I'm speaking purely to energetics, not to image or social obligation—I mean "attraction" in the magnetics of manifestation sense.
So here's to a year of more whole foods, more sustainability, more greening, more health.
A year to look forward to a New Year's Eve party with compostable rather than plastic cutlery, an emphasis on vegan hors'doeuvres, biodynamic champagne, and party favors that don't end up in a landfill.
Posted by Josh A. at January 5, 2006 02:24 AM