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ABOUT ME

be humble for you are made of earth. be noble for you are made of stars.

ser humilde para usted son de tierra. ser noble para la que están hechos de estrellas.

PHILOSOPHY

i like what mr. francis was up to :

make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
doubt, faith;
despair, hope
darkness, light
and where there is sadness, joy....

grant that i may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to life eternal.

Señor, haz de mí un instrumento de tu paz:
donde haya odio, que yo lleve el amor,
donde haya ofensa, que yo lleve el perdón,
donde haya duda, que yo lleve la fe,
donde haya desesperación, que yo lleve la esperanza,
donde haya tristeza, que yo lleve la alegría,
donde haya tiniebla, que yo lleve la luz.
Oh, maestro, haz que yo nunca busque
ser consolado, sino consolar,
ser comprendido, sino comprender,
ser amado, sino yo amar.
Porque es dando como se recibe,
es perdonando, como se es perdonado,
y muriendo se resucita a la vida eterna.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

yeah!!! after years of wonderful experience as a guest in other people's homes, i can now begin to repay the kindness and share my home with others!!

my 1st "official" couchsurfing experience was in mexico 2008. unofficial for years.

i share this service with all whom are open to it - i think it is a very beautiful idea! quite effective in making our world a friendlier, more peaceful place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

mexico winter '08, pacific northwest summer/fall '08, columbia, ecuador, peru 2010-´11

Interests

mindfulness, music, nature (hot springs, waterfalls!!), language, culture, community, compassion

atención plena, música, naturaleza (aguas termales, cascadas!!), idioma, cultura, comunidad, compasión

• culture
• dining
• music
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

too many...but here's a start-

movies (haven't seen many lately...):
waking life, the future of food, children of men, powaqqatsi

music:
the gladiators, patchwork, miles davis, nick drake, caetano veloso, sublime, doc watson, zeppelin, mississippi john hurt, pink floyd, manu chao, be good tanyas, radiohead, elsa va lacher, jimi, grateful dead, joni mitchell, django, awry, jeff buckley, beatles, robert johnson, bjork, david grisman, ray charles, sandra benson, van morrison, willie nelson,

authors:
alan watts, joseph campbell, borges, camus, krishnamurti, tom robbins, ken carey, ken wilber, thich nhat hanh, wendell berry, thoreau, bill mollison, dalai lama, tolle, sogyal rinpoche

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

lived in a beautiful cave, behind a mighty waterfall, in a tropical rainforest, in the coastal mountains of southwest costa rica. for months...

vivía en una cueva hermosa, detrás de una cascada poderosa, en un bosque húmedo tropical, en las montañas costeras del suroeste de Costa Rica. durante meses ...

Teach, Learn, Share

a few interests: music, permaculture, language, nature, food...
i am sure we can help eachother - let's talk!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, Mexico, United States

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