New Year's 2024
24th New Year in the making of life and
living without a home outside. I have learned
a tremendous amount just by teaching myself
how and could be a Homeless Life Coach...
Life skills for living on the streets. All I
need now is some way to get paid for
doing so while also getting paid to pen
Best Selling Instruction Manuals...
Keeping my options open.
Another New Year book-ended by storms
on either side of it. But New Year's Day itself
turned out beautiful. Started off overcast, but
became mostly clear, with calm winds and
temps pleasantly in the mid 60s.
A mirror image of 2023... As the New Year
rolled in, But with easier storms on either side
of the change of years from one to the next.
As 2022 was coming to a close, we were battered
hard with heavy, powerful storms ripping through
the area, but held its breath at the dawn of 2023
as one year rolled into the next... the breath
released again at the close of the first day of 2023,
storms picked up right where it had left
off from the last parts of 2022.
The same thing happened this New Year, where
it was raining at the end of 2023... then backed off for
the start of 2024, before picking right back up where
it had left off the day before last. But this time around
the storms are much lighter and not as destructive
and devastating. But having 2 New Year's Days
in succession that were beautiful Gifts and both
bracketed and book-ended between storms,
were truly Gifts. A blessing to start the
New Year with.
It is always a great way to start off the New year,
by counting Blessings... and what better way to help
with that than through the gift of Beautiful weather to
appreciate and be grateful for and something to
cherish and look forward to?
I am not sorry to see 2023 come to an end. There were
many mixed blessings sprinkled throughout the year,
trying to focus on the better ones. But as a whole, 2023
was draining, especially in terms financially... as prices
across the spectrum had massively increased to
insanely ridiculous levels. And the prices
everywhere continue to soar further and further
out of control. Only a matter of time before the
entire economy Implodes into itself.
Unsustainable living... things have gone from bad to
much worse in all directions. Being able to take
care of even the barest essentials is a real challenge
and becoming a severe hardship in the process.
All food places have now begun charging
excessively for condiments, and everything
that used to come on the food itself,
is now being charged extra for.
When living on the streets with limited resources and
means to take care of all that is needed, like Food, clothing,
DMV fees (Insurance, Tags, License, Registration, etc.),
gas, vehicle repairs and so much more become much
more challenging to take care of and obtain with the
heavily increasing, never-ending price hikes across
the board. Essentials become luxuries.
We are not designed to live this way. But we are not
given any other choice. As the forced manufactured
inflation continues to rip through our lives like powerful,
devastating storms, living becomes a muted, muffled echo.
So as this New Year begins to unfold, I continue to
spend life in Nature, listening to Nature's chorus
24/7, meditating throughout the day and night,
walking and Nature Hikes providing the best ways
for clarity, for gratitude and strength to continue
taking another breath and the next step forward.
But with all the rain, the walking through and hiking
in Nature is put on hold for the duration, as mud is
slippery and difficult to navigate. Sitting meditation,
reading and writing, when I can find some place out
of the elements, makes the time pass quickly, while
losing myself in the process but I am never lost.
New Year's 2024... Still on the streets.
A continual reminder to be grateful for what I have,
because things could always be worse. Much worse.
In Gratitude.
