The Beach

Today was a very interesting day.
If life were a book I think a page must have been turned, and I am about to jump to the next chapter in this exciting planet we call earth.

The honest truth is that lately I have been taking a long look life in general around me. Some days I wake up and feel the sparkles & joy so intensely that I feel like I could throw up (in a good way). I think I’ve always been this way, which I am so thankful for. I love Nelson so much that it makes me almost cringe to leave. I could easily live here forever. I could stay here and never feel that burning urge to move and do something different. I am blessed with the mountains, people, and all the opportunities I am given. Nelson is the type of place that has an amazing balance between all the things I cherish in life. The whole south island is wholesome like a hearty piece of pumpernickel bread, however the top of the south has some extra seeds sprinkled on top.

Last week I decided I’m moving to Motueka and do some random mystery job, and live @ riverside community. I haven’t decided what I will do after the two weeks of the mystery job is over. I think I will figure that out as I get there. I feel as though I am cruising down a nice steam in a kayak with my dainty paddle. I think it’s important in life to paddle in the direction you want to go, but to always be open if the current decides to take you somewhere different. That’s what my cruising has been like since I left home, and I will continue doing forever.
Despite my happiness, I sometimes feel that most of what is currently around me is a little plastic. I have made amazing friends, and keep myself real busy with a balance of activities and arts. Paradiso has been one of the best experiences in my life, but I feel that it is time to run-away and kidnap myself in a productive manner. I know that riverside will be full of people that have the same common interests, and I can focus on things that are more wholesome. I will miss all the luxuries I have here, but I think that this job offer has been a sparkle that fell on my lap, and can only lead to a magical storm of more to come.
(I’ll get to the point of the story now)

Myself and all my lovely Paradiso buddies went to the beach after woofing today. We had a game of twister, I snuck off and hula hooped in a secret spot, and then had a giggle inducing seshie on the hoops with Ashley and Lu. A gleeful skip to the ocean was in order afterwards. After a few cartwheels and laps in the bay I was walking back to my friends to do whatever activities our creative minds could come up with. As I was walking back I saw this man about the age of 60(ish) and said hello. I think I’ll have a really hard time explaining in words what our conversation was like, and I will try my best .

His name is John and he is a Pastor, who has a wife and two daughters. He was oringonally from the states, and moved here with his family. He has been blessed with ‘the gift’ and is very wise in the secrets of life. Within 10 minutes of our conversation he said a million things that were so bang on as to how I am feeling about life, and everything inbetween. I think he felt my passion about certain things and amplified it by a million. It was as if he sensed most of what I had in my head and brought it out in a beautifully packaged way.

We talked about everything and anything, and a little inbetween. Our joy for life, the secret to happiness, and the purpose of our lives, along with things I want to improve and work on. It felt like something that would happen in a movie, as someone was walking through a forest with little sparkly fluffs falling from the trees (in pretty beach form). If I were to close my eyes and he would have disappeared I don’t think I would have even been that shocked, as he was almost like a reincarnation of some kind of higher being. Everything that was said was meaningful and full of thoughtfulness. All together we probably walked around for an hour, and I really lost track of time. By the time I got back my friends were kinda freaking out and were about to call the cops, as I had been gone for so long without saying good bye. I felt real bad, as I know I shouldn't’t wander off like such a cat, but it honestly felt as though I had gone through a time portal and I was just walking in utopia with a Jesus figure or something. On account of me worrying my friends so much, I had to give a little bit of an abrupt good-bye which was unfortunate. He gave me a bunch of interesting pages to read, along with his # and addy. I think tomorrow I want to call just to thank him for everything, and would love to go and have dinner with his family sometime.

New Zealand is such a lovely place, and I love how open people are here. It is honesty like I was born to be here, I can’t imagine living in a world where people don’t smile at each other and are just so focused in their newspaper on the subway anymore. John and I talked about that as well. How some people will always see the bad things in people, and others will see the good. It’s unfortunate when people get shut off, and are not willing to share with each other. I think the real small things in my mind that have been inspiring me to make some changes must have drawn that man to me to guide me. I don't know what I believe in when it comes to religion. I think I jus believe in my own religion (Chrissyology) with a mix of buddism. I definetely believe this was an act of magic from the sky. Some people are special and you can see that right away, I feel blessd to have met him. I believe in the law of attraction and am convinced that this was an act of the universe giving me a push in the right direction. I remember my Mom had that poem called footprints in our bathroom, which was real lovely. I was reminded of that, even though I dno’t really remember exactly how it goes. Any insecurities I may have had (as minuscule as they may have been) have vanished into thin air after talking to John. I’m not really an active religious person, but I defentely believe that there is something out there that looks after everyone, and the sparkles will always lead the way. This has been one of those situations.
As I said before it’s real hard to explain the experience, but I just really felt it was blog worthy as it really inspired me to continue on in sparkly ways in the magical world of life. There are so many things that I want to accomplish in life. It's like when people say one day your going to wake up and your going to die. I would like to at least die knowing that I spread as much sunshine as I could, and helped the world. It's time for a change and last night I could hardly sl eep because I"m getting excited.

I’ll keep you updated as to how riverside goes. I think I will love it there, and be able to spread some productive sunshine.
This has been the longest blog entry ever?
At least in mine I think it is...
A special entry for a special day
Love your neighbours and keep playing everyone

Dance like noone is watching
Love:
Chrissy