Nature Is On My List

My favorite activities of being alive in a body on this Earth:
(not necessarily in this order)

1. The Experience of Being Present. Essence.
True Nature - Authenticity – Awakened Presence
- in any way it expresses itself -
(truth-grace-simplicity-beauty-meditation-yoga-being-
acceptance-spontaneity-music-forgiveness-dance-
tenderness-connection-laughter- etc.)
2. Parenting
3. Nature . . . being in it, being surrounded by it.
4. Relationship. Connection. Intimacy.
Divine love shared in making love.
5. Giving/teaching/serving/guiding
6. Traveling

(I also regularly enjoy the experiences of inquiring, listening (to people, to music, to silence), eating (especially -- asparagus, acai berries, apples (fuji), fish, Indian Food, whey protein smoothies, Ethiopian Food, nuts (especially Brazil, wal, pine and hazel), cacao, Teecino, goji/blueberries, noni/mangosteen/aloe vera, steak, baked potatoes, oatmeal and all hot cereals, Earl Grey Tea, pumpkin seeds, dulse, quinoa with olive oil and Dr. Bronner's seasoning, whipped cream on blackberries, brussel sprouts, kale, guacamole and anything with pink himalayan salt on it), reading, hiking, spending time with friends, spending time with animals, swimming, meditating, going to farmers markets, writing (e-mails, blog entries, journaling, stories, etc.), sleeping on clean, high thread-count cotton sheets and sometimes outdoors and sometimes not alone, getting or giving bodywork, hot springs , flirting, watching films, following professional baseball, meeting and getting to know new people, taking baths, letting go faster, getting accupuncture and pedicures, coaching, contact improv, being with children, making people smile, learning Portuguese, diaphramatic breathing, being in the sun and being in the ocean .)

I'm thinking of nature because I just back from a three day cross country ski trip to Vance's Hut near Leadville, Colorado.