All life on our planet...

Enjoyed  our first ladies night (which will eventually evolve into all life on our planet : )!
It was so awesome to have an assortment of diverse, amazing women together in a cozy setting, having a blast!


In my search I have found millions of ways to:
change myself = change the world,
everyday, everything and every dollar.


Aware of each minute change carrying on from generation to generation, seeing it's rippling river affect!

Choosing to slow down and enjoy my moments... (gazing at the sun, clouds, birds, moon, trees, shadows, black winter trees on the horizon of a glorious sunset, people talking on cell phones and picking their nose, feeling the breeze, listening to a good jam, saying grace, daydreaming in thoughts of my fabulous life, etc., etc.)... while sitting at a stop sign sure changes everything I do and everything that I come in contact with. It's much easier to be friendly and peaceful.

Choosing to eat each bite as if it is a masterpiece of nutrition, taste and most importantly... love.
 (please watch Food Inc. soon we will be enjoying whole, organic, locally grown, in-season foods. ; )

Choosing to act vs. react

Choosing love vs. fear

Choosing to listen and understand more than talking and being understood.

Choosing to see myself in everyone and everything I encounter.

It has been 16 months since I stopped participating in society as we know it : )

I:
have been to walmart/malls/chain stores/ less then 5 times. (after 2am @ walmart)
have had less than five bites of fast food of ANY type.
have no desire to spend $1 more than I have to at ANY gas station and I don't.
carry a water bottle with me EVERYWHERE I go.
have not consumed any pharmaceuticals
do not own a t.v and have not had cable for 16+ years
do not consume high-fructose corn syrup, meat, dairy, corn, fillers, fluoride, artificial anything.
consumed alcohol less than 5 times.
do not alter my appearance/clothing/lifestyle to the anyone else. I am unique and proud.
do not click on m s n( preventing a link to a terrible site) , yahoo, or any other "news" type sites.
have spent less than 5 nights loafing on the computer.
have not watched the news, listened to the radio or talked about a celebrity. (I am still alive).
choose to eat raw, fresh, organic, local EVERY chance I get.

and I STILL SMOKE CIGARETTES!!
( american spirits :)  If your gonna smoke, let it be natural, organic and locally grown.

I am a dreamer and I have a dream. Everyday I see this dream becoming a reality.
I am becoming WE.

Big Love and grace,
xoxo Justina

lol, love.

Have you ever tried to meditate and find you can't shut your mind up? There you are arguing with yourself, irritated cause you can't get yourself to just be quiet for a minute, the grocery list and what you should've said still going around and around up there?
A friend gave me some great advice I thought I'd share.

Listen.

Just listen. No judging, labeling and making sure you get your opinion in, just listen.

(the word has a bad rap for some of us as we hear our gramma in church hisssssing, lisssten).

Listen to the symphony of different sounds going on around you, hear the grand Orchestra, playing just for you, here, now, in this moment.

That is clearing your mind.

xoxo
Justina Rae
p.s. turns out, I have all kinds of things to say now that I've given myself endless blank pages : )

WOW! Life is a trip.

Have you ever paused for a moment and looked at your life objectively? Look as if you are a bird, or God. Completely without judgment, look at all the people in your life as if they are actors in a movie. What's going on? This can be so tricky, I am aware of 3 or 4 times that I have done this in the last.... 16 months. I "thought" I was aware of the things going on, choosing to be okay with what is vs. what is "good" or "bad". A few evenings ago I was lying on my bed letting the work day roll off, relaxing. Suddenly I saw myself laying there. In my mind, I jumped up and screamed...... What in the fuck has been going on around here? and who are you? How did I get here? and where in the universe have I been? WOW! Life is a trip. Things have not been the same since. I have been moving, and moving. :) I am here now, I think. I am bigger and badder than ever! xoxo Big Love.

Home Rules

Always be honest proverbs 12:22
Count your blessings psalms 14:1-3
Bear each other's burdens galatians 6:2
Forgive and forget micah 7:18
Be kind and tender hearted ephesians 4:32
Comfort one another 1thessalonians 4:18
Keep your promises romans 4:21
Be supportive of one another acts 20:35
Be true to each other revelation 15:4
Look after each other deuteronomy 15:11
Treat each other like you treat your friends matthew 7:12
but most important
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
deeply from the heart 1 peter 1:22