Greetings from the
Editor:
It's Never Too Late to Push Your Boundaries.
My husband and I went on an eco friendly, adventure trip to Costa Rica recently. We were celebrating 45 years of marriage. Pretty good for a couple that eloped back in the '60’s. I am good at taking risks outside my comfort zone, that is, if I am growing mentally, socially, emotionally or spiritually. I am a chicken, however, to take physical risks.
Would you believe I went zip lining on twelve wires through the rainforest? I have a picture to prove it. It was just as scary as I imagined and I did scream all the way on the first line. By the end, I settled down and even enjoyed it – a little. Besides the adventures, we were with 100 other people attending health and nutrition lectures by Dr. John McDougall and eating totally vegan meals. It was a physically expanding week on many levels and the trip pushed my physical boundaries to new levels of experience.
Where might you grow your boundaries?
Fortunate Blessings,
Suzanne
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I remember saying to my husband, over the past eight years, “Just one more e-mail…” or “I just need to finish this one website tweak – I’ll be a few minutes!” more times than I can count. Even when I walked away from the computer, I would obsessively check my smart phone for new e-mail, check Twitter or Facebook for important updates and I would often leave him feeling a bit ignored...
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