This is ME!

Where to start?! So many amazing things seem to keep happening in my life over here, I truly could sit here for hours and write about all the wonderful things from just this past week! But, I've been getting serious about spending time writing my book (which to be honest, I have been so filled with other things that it's been taking the back burner for a while) that I am going to keep this entry short...so I can get back to writing my book!

But here it is in a nut shell....spent a week driving around this island of Bali on a moped I rented for $3/day and witnessed the most amazing scenery I think I've ever witnessed in my life. (Think lush green nature in every direction decorating the slopes of multiple, massive volcanoes...completely unspoilt from any development except humble thatched roof homes, quaint towns, and very narrow and winding, yet luckily paved roads.) Doing an Ashtanga yoga course for the next 5 weeks from 7:30- 9:30 am, six days a week with two of the most vibrant and alive yoga instructors I've ever met in my life (and apparently very famous in the yoga world). Met a woman who works for a book publisher and offered any help I might need. Then met a man who told me all about how he self-published his book. Met a woman who spends her life traveling the world holding health retreats...which planted the seed for the very likely new direction in my life (once I publish my book, of course). Was wondering how I was going to make my money last long enough for me to finish my book while still living in this amazing place...and then met a woman who works here at a ritzy spa (similar to the one I worked at in Thailand) who told me they were looking for someone to do health consultations with their guests and if I knew of anyone who would be interested...I have a job interview with the manager tomorrow at 10am...

This island of Bali is amazing. It attracts the most vibrant and conscious living group of people I've ever met...and I keep meeting more of them around every corner I turn. It attracts writers. (There is an international writers conference here every October.) It attracts people who want to delve into themselves and follow the path of what their heart truly desires. It attracts organic farmers and raw foodies who open restaurants here that allow other like-minded people to fill their bodies with super healthy, toxic free foods, as nature intended us to eat. It attracts people who live outside the box, and think big...

And on that note, I will end with the following quote, which you can simply read below, or enjoy as it is matched with an inspiring YouTube video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUfH-BEBMoY

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
~ Apple Computers

I love you all,
Jody