satisfied

for those of you who have seen the movie "eat pray love" or for those who haven't, what would your three words be? i mean, how would you summarize an adventure of yours or life as you know it in one pithy title? i thought mine might be "preach, teach, farm", having alluded to my uncanny draw toward: cultivation. of spirit, mind and dirt. (my ancestors were pastors, teachers and farmers so it's inescapable).

not to say i haven't got the whole eating thing down because i do. just this week i have eaten enough french-style crepes and italian pasta to blow the entire glycemic index completely out of the water.

praying has taken the form of poetry lately or picking up books and reading just the part i happened to be thinking about. staring counts. as does having someone on your mind or picking up the phone exactly when you are supposed to.

author of the book behind the movie, elizabeth gilbert admits to struggling with losing herself in people, things. the vulnerability is admirable. i think there is something in between this, however, and total isolation. i read this quote by eckhart tolle, "if you can sense an alert inner stillness in the background while things happen in the foreground--that's it! feeling your own presence and the presence of God."

as for loving. one word: LIFE. love it. having just come from a beautiful memorial service for a friend, i heard an amazing woman's voice sing a song she had written called "satisfied". (you can find more of her work at tinameeks.com) and so, friends, going from a three-word quest to one, i think that would be it: satisfied.