Happy Earth Day, Pinkies!

“IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN!” And here I thought Kermit was referring to a color. The more conscious I become of my place in our energy system and the more effort I make to “live green" -- the more overwhelmed I feel, like training for a marathon in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

While heroic workers battle the threat of nuclear meltdown in Japan, a different kind of fallout seems to threaten the peace of those of us in the US. As fears that radioactive particles will float across the ocean and strike the United States escalate, we seem to be paying less attention to the tragic loss of life and peace in Japan and more on how this might hurt us right here at home.

Some of my friends are fleeing the west coast in search of safe haven further east. Others are dosing up on potassium iodide in an attempt to protect themselves (as evidenced by those who are stockpiling potassium iodide in spite of the advice of health officials who are telling us to chill out). Still more are just plain freaking out. I’ve gotten at least a dozen cautionary emails just today from people who are encouraging me to be afraid.

Think you can’t change your life by doing one exercise? Try this one: write your obituary based on the life you’re leading -- now write an obituary based on the life you dream of. In 2002 Roz Savage did just that -- reality versus her dream, laid out before her in black and white. She had the choice to accept the path she was on or go for the life she wanted to experience. Roz chose the dream, taking one of the largest Pleaps (pink leaps of faith) I’ve ever seen.

It’s not a privilege to know others. Know yourself. That’s a privilege. – Yogi Tea

Have you heard the recent claim that your astrological sign is all wrong? A Minnesota astronomer posited that because of a wobble on the earth’s axis, the earth isn’t in a particular astrological sign when we think it is. He says that astrologers have not taken this “wobble” into account, therefore, your “sign,” as you know it, may be way off.