CURRENT MISSION

To meet as many awesome people as I can!

ABOUT ME

I am high school teacher who absolutely loves my job. I have had the opportunity to meet wonderful people through out my life and have learned so much from them. I volunteer regularly and believe that a person who has been very blessed should give back. I have a good sense of humor and love people who enjoy life.

PHILOSOPHY

Is to continue to change my personal philosopy; however I am inspired by the following thoughts by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
(a Native American Elder)

It doesn’t interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking
like a fool for love, for your dreams,
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me what planets are
squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the
center of your own sorrow,
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed from fear
of further pain!

I want to know if you can sit with pain,
mine or your own,
without moving to hide it
or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy,
mine or your own,
if you can dance with wildness and let
the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
fingers and toes without cautioning us to be
careful, be realistic, or to remember the
limitations of being human

I want to know if you can disappoint another
to be true to yourself;
if you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.

I want to know if you can be faithful
and therefore be trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty
even when it is not pretty every day,
and if you can source your life from God's
presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure,
yours and mine,
and still stand on the edge of a lake
and shout to the silver of the moon, "YES"!

*It doesn’t interest me to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after a night of
grief and despair, weary and
bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done
for the children.

it doesn’t interest me who you are,
how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center
of the fire with me and not shrink back.

it doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hosting other people and by meeting as many other CS people as I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to this site.

Interests

I am interested in the following things: traveling, hiking, roller blading, physcial fitness, art, music, an awesome dinner with great wine, biking, motorcycles,
books, different cultures, people, & family.

• arts
• books
• beauty
• dancing
• wine
• fitness
• motorcycles
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• teaching
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

The last book that I read was The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It was such a wonderful and thought provoking book that forced a person to examine their own values and what they might want to say if they suddenly were going to give a farewell address. I love to listen to most types of music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climb up a waterfall

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to meet people from different countries and learn as much as I can from them about what it means to be an ...."American" in my case.