Namaste to you, also.  You make me miss my yoga practice, that I had to give up because I can’t afford the classes with my teacher any longer.  I do have a CD she made and a few DVD’s–I take my sense of longing on seeing that word in your header as a “kick in the pants” to return to my practice.  To that and maybe it is time to return to my local dojo for weekly Zen Buddhism meditation.  My sensei is incredible!  I love listening to his stories of wisdom after our practice.  I even had the joy once of sitting beside my yoga instructor at one of our sessions, like a peer.  Having both of my spiritual advisors in one room meant so much to me!  Thank you for the reminder of my eastern inclinations!

I’ll have to check out the Bloglines myself–thank you for the “heads-up” about that site.  I just turned off my Xanga-lock today, because I found from the footprints that I was getting a lot of hits from people who could not access my page because of the lock.  I was a little afraid of strangers seeing my site, for I too feel funny writing when I know others will be viewing my page.  But, like I said in one of my last entries, this is my journal, and instead of writing it in a bound journal like I used to, keeping it on a shelf in my room, I’m sharing it with others in case someone else is going through much of what I am, and my experiences or thoughts can help them out.  I don’t know what anyone thinks of my page so far, for beyond the friend who introduced Xanga to me I haven’t had any comments, but just knowing that someday, someone who needed a lift to help them through a bad day or didn’t know how to deal with a dilemma or needed some outside inspiration to give them a boost may find what they need on my site motivates me to keep what I write public.  I don’t write as much private stuff as my friend posts on her page, for I do eschew putting my most intimate revelations on-line on any site, but I’m trying to share as much as I can so I have it for myself to look back on later–to have a record of what was on my mind during this period of my life.  If I help someone else–like you helped me with that simple word “Namaste” and posting your story “Apartment Hunting” (Fascinating and intriguing story!  It reminds me that one of my main goals this summer before school starts again is to write for public consumption once again–with short-shorts being one of my focuses)–then my little journal was even more important than I had originally intended.

Sorry for writing so much, but you really did inspire me!  I would love to hear from you, for there is so much about your profile and entries that fascinate me (along with my yoga and pilates DVD’s is a Bellydance video that I need to pay attention to again) but I do understand about having too many people to keep up with as it is.  I have a long list of school friends I need to write to or call and I’m having trouble finding the time, despite not being in class.

Thank you for having your site on the web!