CURRENT MISSION

I currently live in an Ecovillage in Nort Eastern Missouri. Working for peace, environmentalism and cultural change.

ABOUT ME

Environmental anthropologist, culture enthusiast, adventurer, traveler. I have traveled and studied in a Mayan village in the Yucatan and lived for the last three months in a feminist ecovillage in North Eastern Missouri.

PHILOSOPHY

The Paradoxical Commandments

by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

As mother Theresa added, "In the final analysis,.....it was never between you and them anyway."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to couch surfing but prefer to stay with locals and experience local culture wherever I go over giving my money to big business, corporate hotels, etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet but many friends have recommended it.

Interests

Culture, nature, outdoor activity, experiencing new people and places, peace, happiness & love.

• dogs
• culture
• writing
• outdoor activities
• adventure races
• surfing
• anthropology
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Ishmael, Ben Harper, Last Child in the Woods,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While studying in a Mayan village in the Yucatan, I got a once in a lifetime chance to witness a male only water god ceremony (Cha-Chak) performed by the village elders. It rained immediately at the end of the ceremony. Women are usually not allowed but since NatGeo was there documenting the event, and the writer was female, they allowed a few of us female anthropologists to sit in and watch from the sidelines. Truly amazing!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Spanish, Mayan culture, anthropology, community level sustainability