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Two visions: the first and more immediate, a life in NYC helping people unravel the ego's control and move towards spiritual awakening. I've known for more than 20 years that my professional commitment was to the formation of the paradigm of the heart. The second vision, after I've had my chance to wake up as many people as possible as quickly as possible, Italy. I want a view of water where I can spend my retirement painting and writing. 💗

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I have very similar similar desires as you, which is why I've always been so attracted to your work! I'd love to live in the English countryside for a period of time, tucked away in rolling hills and solitude. Long term I hope to live in a cabin in the woods a few miles from a small town that is built off of community and farmer's markets. Your words always feel like home to me and reflect so much of what I would love to create. Thank you!!!

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Oh this is a good question! One I have thought about often...

...a bungalow (pale yellow in color, like the sun)

...a front porch

...a fireplace

...lots of bookshelves

...a kitchen with space for dancing

...a small garden

...a view of the ocean and the mountains

...seasons (although maybe not so much cold/winter)

...a dog or three

...space for an easel and various other art supplies

...no TV, but music, definitely music

...a bed big enough to get lost in

...a claw foot tub for soaking

...two wine glasses (or tin cups) and some to pour the second glass for

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My dream, after I finish my anthropology degree in a year, is to find some hopefully meaningful work. Curating art, joining a research team that promotes positive cultural change, or one of the millions of other things I can do with these skills. Then I’m making a beeline to the lands of my forebearers - Scotland, France, and the Czech Republic. Then finally find a kickass old home renovate it, and craft myself an epic artist studio in its inevitable attic!

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I want to build a house in the country with my partner. Something simple, but beautiful. A front porch with a swing for sure. We'll have plenty of land and space to do what we want. He'll have a barn where he can do his woodworking and grow his business. We'll grow herbs and vegetables and anything else we want. We will still go into the city often, but we will enjoy living on the outskirts where it is more peaceful. My company will be thriving and I'll be shooting wedding films and any other type of film work I want. We'll be financially secure and able to travel any time we want. And oh do we want to travel. Far and wide. Domestic and international. I want to explore the world, camera in hand. Notebook ready to write in. I would also love to be a published poet. My partner and I will both make money doing what we love and get to live exactly how we want.

Above all I just want to remain open and be willing to accept whatever life has in store. I want to dream, but not plan too rigidly, so that I can go with the flow of life and enjoy it no matter what. I just want to live a life full of love. I want to feel it, capture it, film it, write about it, and be it. Always.

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A farm in the middle of a woods, as a wise woman, with my love. Children and grandchildren nearby, house FULL of books and dogs. A warm fire and flowers, love always. I see the ability to help with wisdom gained over all my years. No more crowds, no more exposure to the greed and rudeness of others....just peace and love. Retirement, and yes a little time to travel.

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"She asked if there was anything I wanted for next year? If I had any goals? I looked at her and said. "Healing." I just want healing. That's all." - R.M. Drake

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If I'm envisioning myself in a setting that feels like peace, it is a lake house with a deck facing the water. I'd sit in my rocking chair on that deck in in the morning and drink my morning coffee and listen to the birds awake in song. During the day, I'd read my book in that same chair in between kayaking and walking excursions.

If I'm trying to paint a picture of the next chapter in living my life's purpose within my career, I have not a clue. That's where I may need your advice column. I'm lost on that one.

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The rank

I gave up

Long ago

Captain

On this ship

I don’t sail

Where ever

I’m going

I’m not

The one

Heading

I’m the

Healing

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Coming rather late to this, but the first thing that came to mind was just being near my best friend, my soulmate. We always seem to have some distance between us and it's just awful not being able to see each other whenever we want to.

Also, at the same time that the chilli air and snowy landscape of wintery toronto made me feel so happy when I visited, I never really wanted to leave brazil.

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