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| Camel pose watercolor on watercolor paper 8/2013 |
I love Los Angeles, I have lived here the most of my entire
adult life.
I have grown up here, had my children here and put down
roots.
It wasn’t intentional. It just happened. But when I reflect
on it I am happy it did.
I feel like I have the best of the world right here in my
backyard.
The other day in yoga class it was a tight fit and I began
chatting with the person next to me, we began to extol the virtues of living in
LA: the weather, the fresh produce and foods, the people, the lifestyle.
I felt so happy, this is the place I consider home.
The virtues as I see
them: the beach, the beautiful pacific ocean, always there,
gorgeous, blue, beautiful, inspiring.
Vegan food, so many
choices of how to not eat dairy!!
My favorite restaurants are Native Foods, Vegan Glory and
RFD. In that order.
The spiritual life,
there are so many religions and lifestyle choices here. I love seeing the Hasidic jews that walk on
Saturdays,
The Hispanic peoples in the park having big birthday
parties, the indian ladies walking their children to school and every other
culture that resides in this town, eating in Korea town. It is truly a muliticultural place.
The other thing about the City of Angels is all the gyms,
and yoga studios and general physical fitness people are into. I have belonged to three gyms at one point or
another. People work out here. I work out here, I used to ride my bike
everywhere, when I was centered in one part of town.
Even when I am moving through traffic during rush hour, I
remember this is my choice to live here.
And I do get frustrated sometimes with the traffic, but at the end of it
I still like living here.
I don’t know what the hold is the City of Angels has over
me!! I never intended to live here. But
I kept growing, and learning and growing and maturing.
I discovered myself here.
When I landed here I was broken, lacked sense of purpose for my life,
discipline and I found everything that I loved here. I found my work, my purpose, my path on this
planet here. All it takes is for one
person to take a chance on another and I found people willing to take a chance
on me and give me an opportunity to
grow. I was so grateful that
someone gave me an chance that I worked
as hard as I could to be the best I could be. Cliché’ - true.
I came from hard knocks and a dysfunctional family life, I have survived all of that and am better for it.
I have met people I love, people I am fond of, and people I
don’t want in my reality.
All in all this is my town- from Santa Monica to Downtown. I
love it all.
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