Just wanting to get started.....

     OK, here I am...53 y/o with my dreams.  I realize that I have been researching living off the grid for years, and now time to really start planning...is composting toilet the way to go? or..just septic?..thats what I get the most grief for, the composting toilet idea!  Lets backtrack a little..or maybe a lot...
     I realized on Nov 4 2008 that my dreams are the most important way for me to express myself...I had bilateral mastectomies for breast cancer.  How is it that one day I am a healthy woman and go for my routine mammogram and 5 days later I have bilateral breast cancer?  I am the luckiest woman in the universe, at least I feel that way!  My lymph nodes were clean, no chemo, no radiation.!!!!  I am CURED!
So at that very point in my life I say..."Self, this is it!  You'd better start living your life as you wish, not only as you should. "
     I adopted the Four Agreements....
     The Four Agreements are:

1. Be Impeccable with your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.

by don Miguel Ruiz...    
  I leave you with those thoughts....so glad I got started.....