29 December 2009
When You Know You’re Alive
Posted by Robin Easton under: Hobnobbin' with Robin .
A Life-Giving Adventure
Today I share my Christmas video. We woke early and drove north to country full of endless mesas and 350 degree views. The last time we hiked in this area the day was much warmer. This time we ate in the sun-warmed car while wind buffeted the vehicle so severely it rocked. Did we turn around and head home feeling let down because the day was brutally cold and filled with wild uncontrollable wind? Nope! We donned our down parkas, hats and gloves, and climbed — sometimes on hands and knees — up a steep rocky ridge, often without a single plant to grab hold of and a 150 – 200+ foot drop behind us.
Once we reached the top of the mesa relentless wind tossed me around like a rag doll. I was in my element. LOL! We hiked a few miles along the cliff edge and with each step I became more and more wild. I exulted over the untamed energy. At one point the wind was so fierce it knocked me over. You’ll hear me saying “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” Then the landscape spins as I’m blown to my knees, humbled in the irrefutable force of Mother Nature. Aaah, I just love her. Without shame she expresses herself and reminds me with ruthless clarity that…I…am..alive!!! On each breath of wind I hear her all the way down to my bones. She cries out, “Stay awake and free, Robin! Never be lulled into complacency. It is NOT who you are. You are ALIVE! You are Life itself.”
It was an UNFORGETTABLE moment of my life, my most memorable Christmas EVER! Here is a video from part of my hike. I apologize for the noise, but the wind was SO fierce that I had no choice, and to cut out the sound would defeat the purpose of the video. (At one point in the video the sound stops as I had to silence a word my husband used. LOL!! You’ll hear me telling him that the video has to be “family rated”. Both of us are laughing our heads off.) Have fun!
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’RE ALIVE
My Thoughts On Living Fully Awake Lives
Inspired by Wilma and Ann-Marie at: Wilma’s Blog – Doing Life Differently
How do we stay fully awake every day to ensure we make conscious choices? Being ‘awake’ can mean the difference between Life and Death, between overflowing vibrancy and merely existing. I ask myself every single day, “Where have I fallen asleep at the wheel? And not ONLY where have I fallen asleep, but how can I bring more Life into THIS moment?”
I’ve often felt that it’s not death we fear, but rather it is NOT living we fear. We fear waking one day and realizing life has slipped away, gone on without us, and we’ve not brazenly, gustily, dramatically, daringly, greedily reached out for LIFE — mistakes, pain, joy and all. We’ve not clutched Life between our fingers and shoved it hungrily into our starved mouths….and tasted it with every fiber of our being.
I cherish not only the calm days, but also the storms of my life, the appearingly rough times, even the “not knowing”. I thrive on the Great Unknown. I choose to live fully present in each moment, the ‘current’ moment. It’s where the ‘current’ of Life lives. We can charge ourselves with magnificent vitality when we dare to take risks, dare to face our fears, dare to do the things we don’t dare do, dare to speak the thoughts we don’t dare speak, dare to hug those we don’t dare hug, dare to love those we don’t dare love, dare to ask what we don’t dare ask, dare to make mistakes, dare to be wrong, dare to move forward knowing we may sometimes be hurt and sometimes hurt others, DARE TO EMBRACE LIFE, dare to recognize that Life is ALL these things. When we live like this…I can guarantee that we live vibrant FULLY awake lives.
May your life be a soulful adventure.
Much Love,
Robin
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78 Comments so far...
Tammy/Cricket Says:
29 December 2009 at 12:08 pm.
Robin…I loved this. I could hear the excitement in your voice.
I often think of a quote my grandmother would say…
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
I think that is what living is about. Just get out there and live. The “current” is where we belong. So what if we drift at times. I love to DARE! We will always get something out of living IF WE LIVE.
Thank you for this very inspirational piece. Thank you for sharing this video. Thank you for just sharing you.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:07 am
Dear TAMMY,
Yeahhhhh to see you here my dear friend. I was just at your photo site yesterday, but couldn’t see where to leave a comment. It is looking VERY elegant. —I love this comment above because it is FILLED with who you ARE, filled with the Tammy I’ve grown to know and love. —Your grandmother sounds like she was/is a very wise woman. I revel in the juiciness of her reality. It highly resonates with me. —And YOUR line!!!: “We will always get something out of living IF WE LIVE.” So simple and yet soooooooooo profound. A line from my forthcoming book: “Ultimately we must experience Life firsthand to KNOW Life.” Thank you sweet friend for being such a beautiful reflection for me. I love YOU. Robin 
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gene Says:
29 December 2009 at 12:18 pm.
oh wow… not just the wind, but the beautiful scenery in the video… would love to experience mother nature like that one day, meaning the snow (you KNOW where i live we don’t get snow LOL!!!!)
reading your post, i know i have not lived yet, but I’m so happy i went river rafting when i had the chance, was scared as hell to do it, but I’m so happy i did, and want to go again… wanted to go absailing as well, but never got the chance to do it….
But for the rest, there is so much i want to do, and next year will be it, planning on using all the time i have to live!!!! weekends away, travelling, seeing my country and seeing nature!!!
Seems you still bit cold there.. we still hot!!!! LOL
Be good!!!
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:28 am
My dear HE (note the HE not a S-he) LOLOL!! Do you know that when I got all your comments in one day…I kid you NOT…it felt like I was opening Christmas presents. I went from being moved to tears to LAUGHING MY FACE OFF!! You, dear soul. You gave me SUCH a HUGE gift. I don’t think ANYONE has ever done that for me. It made my whole day and I felt happy all day long. I have been to your site and will stop by soon. I’ve noticed there are a lot of changes and I am very curious to read more about that. Also, I am loving your new B&W avatar. I know you’ve had it for some time, but it is very dramatic and hauntingly beautiful. A wonderful photographer’s avatar. It is artwork in itself.
SO? The big question: You are suffering in the heat, huh? Oh isn’t that a shame! Baw-hahahahahahaha!!!! (She laughs gleefully.) Aaah, so there’s justice in the world after all. You can no longer taunt me about the cold that I am currently suff…uh.. LOVING..ya, that’s the ticket. I’m LOVING the COLD here. I bet you don’t have ANY cold down THERE!!! ROFL!!!!!
Okay down to the real business at hand: I ADORE this comment. It is honest and ALIVE!! I am soooo tickled that you DID go river rafting. AND that you did it even though you were scared. I am hugging you and jumping up and down for you. Wow! THAT my dear sweet Gene is courage, when we do things even in the face of fear. And yes, you MUST do it again. You will be even more set free the second time. I too have done river rafting and took a raft through a section of raging white water once…and I’d never done it before. But, like you, I was sooooo glad I did it. I felt stronger, braver and more me…freer inside.
Also, PLEASE DO make this next year one that you consciously LIVE more. I too am committing to that, so we can support each other in this. We all can live more in SO many ways, both big and small. The goals/dreams you describe here are glorious. I wish them ALL for you. Do you know why? Because you are GOOD person, a sincere, earnest, kind person and you deserve — and can create — a rich life for yourself. Just reach out and grab it, my friend. Keep me posted on all your adventures. I truly DO look forward to hearing about them. Thank you for sharing all that have share on these pages and your own site. There is greatness in you.
And I am sorry (giggles) that you are sooooooooooo horribly hot down there.
LOLOLOLOL!!!
Hugs to you my friend.
Thank you so much.
Robin
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gene Reply:
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:49 am
I’m not even gonna say anything about your reply about the weather!!! Not a thing!! You cold, me hot, enough said…. Ok no, we were dying of the heat here the last 3 days, but last night we had some awesome rain to cool things down, and today it looks like more rain, so i’m happy!!! Do you get rain where you are?? On no, probably not, just cold, cold, very cold snow, right??? LOL
I’m sorry I spammed your blog with all my comments in one day, but I commented on your first post on that series, and was looking forward to the rest, and then life happened and i got bit busy with the end of the year and all that things, so when i got the time i had to read the rest of your posts, and enjoyed every one of them, and had to comment on each one!!!
I’m sad I lost my previous blog with al your comments but glad you made your way to my new one, and appreciate the comments!!
About the project, you can go here to see it, I decided to put it on another blog, so go here for the project: http://www.e-photo.co.za/e365
I hope you are doing good and my wish is too, like you, to live more each day. I think that is why I also started the project, to do something everyday that I love, and not when there is an opportunity to do so, but to create that opportunity!!
Keep well, and Keep WARM… we don’t need to where I am, we ARE!!!
LOL
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Scout's Honor Says:
29 December 2009 at 12:19 pm.
I got to eat more tortillas? You are soo funny. Love it!!
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:30 am
Heeeeey dear “Scout”, I wondered if anyone would hear that in the raging wind noise. LOL!!! I said a few other choice phrases that you would have loved, but alas, they had to be edited out. LOLOLO! Thank you for all the times YOU have made ME laugh…as well as touched my heart. Hugs, Robin
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OneStonedCrow Says:
29 December 2009 at 12:20 pm.
Ohmygoodness! – you live in a stunning part of the USA – I would even brave the cold to experience that environment …
I know what you mean when you say “Without shame she expresses herself and reminds me with ruthless clarity that…I…am..alive!!!”
Love the video
best wishes to you and your loved ones for the new year
regards from Namibia
graham
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:46 am
Hey dear Graham, It’s an honor to see you here. Yes, I do live in a spectacular area. It is truly breathtaking. I’ve been here for some time now and still am left in awe of it everyday. I’ve not doubt that you WOULD brave the cold to see this. You strike me as very adventurous. Now, I would love to see the area you live in. It also is such magnificent country. Your photos just leave me awed. I just LOVED your post about the Hyaena People. Absolutely fascinating.
Thank you Graham for all your kindness and good wishes. It means a lot to me. I wish for you many good adventures in this new year, adventures of all kinds.
NOTE TO READERS: Graham’s site is remarkable – “ONE STONED CROW” http://onestonedcrow.blogspot.com Graham lives in Namibia and his site is full of all kinds of interesting photos and stories of his area and life. One of the things I really like about it is the uniqueness. It is unlike any other site I read. Check it out. He just did a fascinating post about the Hyaena People of Nigeria and the truth about hyaenas.
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Mary MacIntyre Says:
29 December 2009 at 12:55 pm.
Robin, At first I thought you used one of my photos (course you did not). Whilst I enjoyed a warm house in La Cienaga with great healhty food, you captured the torrents of the wind! Magnificant! Thanks for the uplift and testament to being the wild wonderful you. Mary MacIntyre
Alternative Medicine Health Examiner http://examiner.com/Makinart
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:53 am
Dear Mary, The other night I snuck into your house while you were sleeping and whisked away one of your beautiful photos. I heard you snoring by the way… LOLOL!!! —It was so good to talk with you the other day. You look FABULOUS!!! So happy to hear about the hiking. Very inspiring my dear friend. —I think we may go back into the mesas again tomorrow. We need a day alone with each other and Nature. This time we will climb a few more miles along the mesa lip…even if it’s windy. It was SUCH a thrilling day on Christmas that I want to do it again. We thought of going to Tent Rocks or the Pecos Ruins but all are closed, apparently short of on staff. Regardless, I am probably much happier just climbing to the top of the mesa and being far from other people for a day. Thank you from my heart for your love and encouragement. Love, Robin
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Randy Says:
29 December 2009 at 1:12 pm.
Looks like Mother Nature went all out in giving you a spectacular Christmas present! You must have been very good this year.
Randy
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 11:59 am
Dear Randy, Wonderful to see you here!!!!!! And What a coincidence that stopped at this post. Do you know why? I actually thought of you up on that cliff, because I was thinking what a stunning job of filming it you would have done with your superior skill and equipment. I told my husband that I would LOVE to see what you came up with in a wind storm like that.
And yes, I WAS very good this year. That’s why I am going BACK to the cliffs and mesas again tomorrow. LOLOL!! Thank you dear Randy. I so appreciate your presence and inspiration AND love of the wild. I wish you ASTOUNDING adventures in this new year. Hugs, Robin
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Walter Says:
29 December 2009 at 1:32 pm.
Brass monkey weather, I’m sure your husband would agree. The sound of the wind gave me chills. At least it was a dry cold. I remember well the damp cold of Germany that chilled me to the bone. You did well my friend, I enjoyed the video, and I wish you a happy new year, and more adventures to come.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Dear WALT!!! Hi my friend, I chuckled over you comment. YES, my husband would totally agree with you!! LOL!! —You are SO right about damp cold. I grew up in Maine and it was almost ALWAYS a damp cold. There is something about that dampness that seeps in and chills to the bone. I love the southwest BECAUSE it a dry cold and so so sunny. I am having a glorious love affair with the sun. —Thank you dear Walt for you kind words. I was touched when you said: “You did well my friend.” So kind. —And Walt, I wish for you all the things that you ALREADY are, magnificence, wisdom, bravery and love. Thank you for touching my life with all those things. Hugs, Robin.
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ZuzannaM Says:
29 December 2009 at 2:12 pm.
Dear Robin,
I was in awe reading this and watching your incredible adventure.
The Mother Nature amazes and inspires, being out there in touch with the raw weather, I think it was a thrill of a lifetime. Was not an easy task ahead of you climbing those Mountains with the blowy wind toward your face? I admire your adventurous character but that is what makes you strong and healthy.
Thank you for sharing this admirable video and the article.
This was incredible presentation!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!
Best wishes,
Zuzanna
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Dear Zuzanna, What a beautiful and heartfelt comment. Wow! You are so aware and see sooooo much in people and Life. You are right; the climb was NOT an easy one. As I neared the top of the cliff edge or mesa edge, the wind was very fierce and there was nothing to grab hold of. I had to keep my body close to the hill side (was on my hands and knees) so the wind wouldn’t grab me. I don’t weigh very much. My husband was in front of me and once he got to the top he reach down the last couple of feet and pulled me to the top. The interesting thing int climbing that steep a slope with that deep of a drop I had to NOT look down and I also had to ONLY focus on the foot step in front of me…nothing else. It reminded me of the same principle as “staying ONLY in the current moment”. When I did that I was fine. I no longer thought of the drop behind me, but thought only of the step I was taking right now.
Zuzanna, thank you dear one. You are truly a generous soul, who doesn’t keep score or judge. You LIVE your love of Life in all your actions. Thank you for being my friend. Love, Robin
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Bern Says:
29 December 2009 at 2:39 pm.
To feel Alive…..we can let go and go for the ride that is available to us in the Moment. It is truly a feeling of non resistance. All tension is dissolved. Everything is felt on the whim. It excites us to the core because we allow the spirit to enter us fully. There is no fear. From the outside it looks like one is on the edge….the cutting edge of what is New. At the same time one is fully centered but reaches out to everything by letting everything come in. Nothing is excluded. We are complete once again. We are alive.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Dear Bernie, I can’t even tell you in words how much I resonate with what you wrote here. WOW! We really DO become “excited to our core” because spirit is flowing through us FULL-ON! YES!! We lose fear and live only in awareness. We become spontaneity. We become Love. We become Life itself. —-I love your insight into how it can “appear” that we are on the “edge” and yet be FULLY centered and at once part of everything around us (by letting it all in), as you say. YES!! There is no more exhilarating feeling for me that to feel “one” with ALL that is. For me, it is who I AM. It is my true state. I lose myself and yet find/know myself more than ever before. I go home. —Thank you for sharing such exquisite beauty. I see and hear you, experience you, and it is life-giving. Hugs, Robin
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David Says:
29 December 2009 at 2:43 pm.
Ah! “I am alive”. Yes. Where have I read that before? LOL. I used to experience it as a child. I need to experience it NOW. While I was reading this I was thinking of the Blue Mountains and a yearning to return there and just . . . .walk. Well maybe take some photos too.
I really enjoyed the last paragraph and the cadence of your words. Passion speaks through sentences that roll back and forth like lovers who are ….after all….in the moment.
Walt Whitman may have to take a moment to look down upon us and smile.
We yearn to know life in a way that cannot be shared. YOU TOO must climb that mountain but I know that you can do it.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 1:35 pm
My dear David buddy!!! You know, I can really see in your current writing that you experienced, as a child, this “alive” feeling, an immense awareness and joy in the tiniest of things, in EVERYTHING. —-And WOW!!, there is some beautiful writing here my dear friend: “Passion speaks through sentences that roll back and forth like lovers who are ….after all….in the moment.” What a truly stunning line. Geez, David, it’s why I tell you that you MUST continue writing. You have an exquisite way with words, sterling words that stop the reader and leave them breathless. —I think you were given a clue as how to experience this “alive” feeling “NOW” when you immediately thought of the Blue Mountains and felt them calling you to return, to walk and photograph. It is THOSE impulses that we MUST listen to. They are the often “seemingly” odd or irrational impulses that are actually VERY real and important. They are Life calling us “home”, back to ourselves. They are Life telling us what we are connected to what gives us Life and what we must physically do to “come to” Life, to “be with” Life, to BECOME Life. They may sometimes feel weird or not real because we’ve forgotten how to listen to them and more importantly…live them. It may have been ages since we listened to and followed these seemingly “passing” impulses. So they may not feel fully real to us. They may even seem downright out of place. That is just a sign of how far we have moved from our authentic selves. The more we start to ACT on these impulses the more ALIVE we feel, and the more natural it feels to act on these impulses…until it is a way of life. It’s who we ARE.
I wish you for in this coming year the opportunities and courage to reclaim your authentic self. I wish you deeply soulful adventures. Reach out and grab those impulses; they will lead you home, dear David. Your beautiful heart is in the right place. Hugs across the Universe. Robin
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John - Zen-Moments Says:
29 December 2009 at 2:43 pm.
Oooh that looked like fun. I love wind like that, and open spaces, and vistas. What a great way to spend Christmas day. You even had a little bit of snow going on there.
John
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Dear John, I KNOW that YOU relate to this completely. Your love of Nature in all her moods is so evident in your writing and life. I resonated amazingly with your post on this topic. I felt so ALIVE just reading it…and HAPPY that you understand Life in this way. —I had such a GLORIOUS time doing this climb that we are going back tomorrow, New Years Day. And we will go rain, snow or wind. I hunger to experience Nature in ALL of her moods. It is what makes me feel so alive. I know you understand this so well. I am grateful for the path you choose to walk and the awareness you choose to let in. Never underestimate it’s affects on others. So Powerful! Thank you my kind friend. Hugs, Robin
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Dorothy Stahlnecker Says:
29 December 2009 at 3:06 pm.
Robin did you note the way the rays of the sun embraced your video? It was surreal and beautiful…what a fantastic experience. I pose the question, I’m grateful for living and being given more time after cancer, however am I living my life or being grateful for being alive lost in the middle of feeling life or just being in life.
Blessings..Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Dear Dorothy, What a joy to see you my friend. I was touched that you noticed the sun’s rays. I truly was in Heaven that day. Although I had to be aware and careful, I felt as if I was wrapped in the Divine. When I stood way out on the bluff with the wind buffeting me I was in Heaven. When I looked way out upon the white and blue Earth, I felt both completely small and completely grand. I lost all sense of self and became part of everything else…and in doing so felt more ME that I have words to describe. —I love that you are raising questions and that you do so honestly and in an endearing way. I think your question is a fundamental one that we all need to ask ourselves everyday. Thank you for your love and beauty. Love, Robin
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Dorothy Stahlnecker Reply:
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:11 am
No Robin thank you as I’m continuing my thinking as my husband and I went to see the movie. It’s complicated, and it also made me write more about what life is about and I’m loving every moment of my journey. Blessings and a peaceful week…My best, Dorothy from grammology
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Oza Meilleur a.k.a. Mudd Lavoie Says:
29 December 2009 at 3:19 pm.
WOW… That is some Wild Wind a’blowin’!
Beautiful country — lovely sunbeams.
Thanks for the rush of energy
Peace & Love & A Magical New Year,
Mudd a.k.a. Happy Oza
xoxo
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Dear “Mudd”, I am smiling ear to ear to see you here. Thank YOU for leaving ME your own special “rush of energy”…but then that is just YOU. And I love you for it. Robin xoxoxoxo
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Nadia - Happy Lotus Says:
29 December 2009 at 3:53 pm.
Hi Robin,
That was a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. The scenery was just so nice and the wind that was in the video made its way here. For today the winds are gusting over 50 miles per hour and the sound is so loud and yet exhilirating too.
You are so right about the importance of daring to live. Nothing of value in life was ever accomplished by playing it safe.
May 2010 be a year filled with lots of love, joy, great health, success in the ways that truly matter and many other blessings!
Love and hugs to you!
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Dear Nadia, Wow, 50 miles per hour!! So your house is “rockin”. The wind on top of that mesa was soooo strong that I think it made it’s way all around the world. You were just a “stop over”. LOLOL!!!
I just quivered over your line: “Nothing of value in life was ever accomplished by playing it safe.” Oh maaaan, that is BEAUTIFUL and sooooo true. Another thought: we often think of heroism or courage as great physical acts, like a daring rescue or climb up a wind torn cliff, but I’ve found that most of the daring adventures in my life took place in my soul. They may have been brought about or resolved through external factors, but I think the key change and courage finding takes place within us.
You were a treasured find this year. I am grateful and blessed to hear more of your story and share in your wisdom. In the coming year may you live all that you already ARE. It is beautiful. Much love, Robin.
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Fatima Da Says:
29 December 2009 at 4:42 pm.
The video is awesome despite the background noise, the reverberation of nature and it looks like you had a great time…
love your words here…. “ I choose to live fully present in each moment, the ‘current’ moment.”
I wish you a flourishing Happy New Year
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Dear Fatima, I am blessed to see you here. We had the time of our lives, one we won’t ever forget. In fact, it was sooooooo GRAND that we are going back soon. We will walk a few miles farther along the cliff edge. It will be lovely no matter what Nature decides to express that day. Thank you for your kind words here and for sharing. I also wish for YOU so much joy and love, just as you give to so many others. Hugs, Robin
PS I too LOVE the idea of “CURRENT” moment. Where the current of Life lives. It just makes so much sense…. Thank you dear one.
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Janet Gardner Says:
29 December 2009 at 8:25 pm.
Merry Christmas Robin, I loved this video, I love your laugh and smile. You have a way of bringing us to where you are, and that is a great talent. I am also inspired by your words, I also feel the same let go and live!!! At this point in my life I feel free, I have done my best by everyone, I cared for my mom and mother in law in their last day’s. I have a great husband and children and a wonderful granddaughter with a sibling on the way. I am sorry I still have to catch up on your death series, I just got a full time job and I am learning to re balance everything in my life, I will catch up on that series because the first part was so beautiful I can’t wait to read the rest. Happy New Year, and I hope you continue to write and inspire me and so many others, Your the Best
Janet
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Dear Janet, I was intrigued by your words: “You have a way of bringing us to where you are.” I never looked at it like that. But it really got me thinking. I gave a talk last spring and afterward someone told me that I had a way of make the audience feel and see what I was feeling and seeing. I later laughed and said to my husband that I’m so in love with Life and people that I just want to scoop them up and take them with me on a journey. I then laughed and said, “They don’t really have much choice when I’m so in their face.” LOLOL!!! (I’m not a shy speaker.)
I FEEL this GREAT peace in you Janet. I feel that you have REALLY let go. I see it in all your writing and interactions. You are just sooooooo VERY free. I always go away from any interaction with you feeling light hearted and free myself. But it’s MUCH more than that. I go away feeling soooo unconditionally LOVED.
Also, never EVER worry about when we last touched base. Just come and go when the mood strikes you and know that you can do so with EASE. I never keep score. I too have much catching up to do. I can truly relate to the “learning to balance everything in your life”. I am STILL working out how to do this. Learning more each day. So know that you are with me dear. You just are. For me it’s not about how often or how little…there is no often or little. There is just my grateful connection to your shining love and compassion. For that and you I am blessed. Love, Robin PS: You also inspire ME greatly.
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Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Says:
29 December 2009 at 8:54 pm.
Hey there wild thing! It was on Sandia Peak in your neck of the world in the winter of 1976 when I saw my first hang glider. The wind was howling up the mountain as this lone pilot waited for a chance to launch. I watched and waited for about an hour in that freezing wind before I got to see him take to the air. What a thrill, I was hooked. Robin, your wings are not so obvious, but you soar equally as well.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Dear Jonathan, What a wonderful comment!! I LOVE IT, because I can REALLY relate to that young man, that FREE SPIRIT, who stood there on Sandia Peak, watching and waiting. In his spirit HE was the one who took off that cliff that cold winter day. And then again and again over the years. What a remarkable life you have lived. YES, you have REALLY lived. You’ve done things that I still dream of doing….all in good time.
Also I am profoundly moved that you saw my “wings”, although “not as obvious”. I didn’t say in the post here, but I was about a foot and half from the edge when I first went up on that bluff. But I retreated a few feet when the wind grabbed me…well, I retreated a foot and 1/2 LOLOLOL!!! Okay, I didn’t retreat at all; I went back out to the edge, BUT did so on hands and knees. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all you’ve shared, taught and given me this year. I wish “soaring” adventures for you and your wife and family. The absolute BEST!! Hugs, Robin.
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Robb Says:
29 December 2009 at 9:21 pm.
Kia ora Wild Sister,
Thank you for this video, for these words. You have taken me to a place I need to be, but have not been able to get to over these holidays. My hip just will not allow me and I have to get it fixed. But to hear the wind, to see the brilliant blue sky, to watch your legs buckle a wee bit as you try to stand, to feel the cold, to appreciate the view gained by the climb, to know you are in a wild and wonderful place fills my heart with joy. I believe firmly that the stormy days I have spent in the mountains are the ones which have taught me the most, when to cross or not cross a flooded river, how to understand the wind, to see the minute beauty of the world in the mist, rain, and cloud, to understand the vibrancy of my soul. I tear up right now just writing those words and recalling such moments. I feel like a wounded animal unable to roam.
So you fill me with hope, aroha, and appreciation of the times that are stored within my soul, in my the depths of my heart. And with the courage to get this issue fixed and back into the mountains and the wild places where I am best. They aren’t going anywhere.
My finest New Years Greeting to you and yours, and kia kaha for all your support and encouragement over this past year. Rave on Robin. Kia kaha.
Aroha,
Robb
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Oh my Dear Wild Brother, This comment is just so FILLED with YOU. I teared up reading it. Your knowing and connection to all things wild is passionately evident in your expressions here. I DO know how you feel about ALL of it, the untamed beauty, the things learned in storms (oh YES!). We can find ourselves, experience ourselves just as much in Nature’s storms as in her calms. I think she asks more of us…DEMANDS…more of us in her stormy moods. It’s like she reaches out and grabs us and is trying to shake us awake, saying, “Do you see me? Do you hear me? Wake up and KNOW that I am here, that I am part of you. I AM you.”
If we spend much time in the wild, Nature demands that we awaken, rise up and become our best, give our best. If we are in Nature long enough, we realize that there are no half measures, no compromises, we are not the one in charge and we can no longer afford complacency. I THRIVE on these fundamental realities. Magically, along with them comes all the love, compassion and wisdom of Nature, which she gives so freely…and yet sooo intimately.
As I sat here I replayed my video to try and watch it through YOUR eyes and I remembered climbing up that steep slope in the howling “grabbing” wind to the top of the plateau, and I had to REALLY focus and NOT slip and NOT look down and just be in ONLY the moment of my next foot-placement (so I wouldn’t fall). Although it was tense, especially the closer I got to the top and the raging wind, I STILL would do it again. As I thought all THAT I could feel in my body how you must be feeling right now with your knee slowing you down. Yes, I too know the “feeling like a wounded animal”. I too have been there Robb. I want you to KNOW with no doubt that I think of you everyday and keep you in my thoughts and prayers and I hold an image of you trekking your beloved mountains for the rest of your life. THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
Make sure you let me know when you DO go for surgery and I will just hold you in a place of total healing and recovery…and beyond that, to a return to your wild ways. I think if you let us all know there are so many who would keep you in their prayers, Wilma, Lynda, me, Mary, and so many many more. We REALLY will do this. In fact, Please feel free to ASK this of all of us. I also KNOW that you have the courage to get this fixed. You have a highly strong spirit and deep soul.
You have been one of the great treasures and supports that I found through doing my blog. You are like the fresh mountain air right off the Ruahines. Without even knowing, you have given me great courage, authenticity, stronger sense of self, compassion, love, AMAZING wisdom, and so so much more. How incredible that I found you through our dear Wild Sister Ophelia. All three so much alike in so many ways. I wish you, your wife and boys so many GOOD things this coming year. One day I hope to meet you all. Little “snow turtle” is a MUST SEE!!! LOL!!
Aroha my Wild Brother.
Your spirit is free.
Rob
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Robb Reply:
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Kia ora Robin,
I have just returned from my front porch on a wild and windy day. We are surrounded by a lot of trees and bush on our little spot here, so on a stormy summer day with the doors open it is full of sound and lovliness. Charlie and I stood out there for a long time observing the gales passing over. I could only imagine what Top Maropea would be like, and how we would love it! But as we watched the trees in our own yard moan and sway, I began to see how the native trees stood fairly easy and tall, taking the weather in stride. The exotics along our nieghbors edge struggled in the wind, they do do not dance and sway as the ones who understand. I am glad you understand my Wild Sister. It is just about knowing where Home is. Kia kaha.
Aroha,
Robb
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Steven Aitchison Says:
29 December 2009 at 11:18 pm.
Robin, what a great way to spend Christmas. This is just beautiful, the scenery is amazing and to hear you laughing just made the video. You truly are living life and giving life, there is no better gift – Thank you.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Dear Steve. What a JOY!!!! to see you here. You know it always is. It has been a GREAT gift to get to know you and share with you this last year. What a treasure! I see you growing, evolving in leaps and bounds, in ways that are sooooooooo exciting and bold and essential for who you ARE, Steven. It’s like you are coming more and more into who you ALREADY are.
I have just loved your posts and will never forget the bold one you did. I see you growing more and more bold each day. That is SO exciting for me. It speaks of freedom of spirit, and people FEEL that. It encourages them and ME to be more and more myself as well. I am grateful for your grounded wisdom, your compassion and your wonderfully warm humor. I chuckled that you like the laughing on the video. I almost took it out and then I thought, “No, I want this to be just as I am.” …and that is with a lot of laughter. Thank you for seeing me and so many others. You have a powerful journey in front of you, my friend, and it is so good to see you claiming it. Hugs to you, and wishing you and your family so much goodness. Robin
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Zeenat{Positive Provocations} Says:
30 December 2009 at 3:37 am.
Oh Robin,
I was right there with you…almost blown away by the wind. The scenery and your happy and cheerful voice made this such a perfect coming alive moment for me
Thank you darling Robin for all you do. You truly are my Soul Sister….Love you loads and loads….
Big hug and Lots of love for the NEw Year !
Zeenat.
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Dear Z, What a wonderfully WARM comment. I LOVE it!! Sitting here grinning. I am so glad that I can, in any way, touch your life. What a gift you give me. You have such a beautiful heart. Gosh, Z, I am really happy that we found each other this year. You’ve had such a soothing affect on me when my work days online are long. I always…I repeat…ALWAYS feel so genuinely loved by you. Yes, I truly AM your soul sister. And I am grateful to be loved by such a generous soul. There is another aspect to the way that you are, loving so freely, openly and without restraint or judgment. You confirm that part of me that is just like YOU. I needed that this year. Bless you for being you and giving who you are not only to ME but to the world.
Much love to you for all you ARE and all you GIVE. I am hugging you, Robin
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Plastic Mancunian Says:
30 December 2009 at 3:53 am.
Hi Robin,
There is no better feeling than standing at the top of a peak with the wild wind blowing the cobwebs from your mind. It is exhilarating.
My Christmas Day was spent wrestling with a turkey – I almost lost!
Happy New Year
Cheers
PM
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
LOLOLOL!!! Aaaah, there is NO ONE like you PM!! NO ONE! And THAT is what makes you so refreshing. You just come out of nowhere like a bolt of zigzagging lightning and strike without warming. LOL!! Nothing could prepare me for YOU, no matter how many comments or posts you write, you are ALWAYS uniquely YOU. I just love it. It was the “turkey wrestling” that really got to me. LOLOLOLOL! I have SUCH a vivid imagination that I saw your hand gripped around the leg bone, with knife in had you begin your attack, but suddenly Woosh!! The whole bird slides sideways off the platter, splashing “juice” everywhere!! Now, my “uncooked turkey” version of my imagined scene is much much messier. LOLOL!! I’ll save that for next year!
I loved your comment here about blowing out the cobwebs. Boy, you are sure right about THAT. It is exactly what happens for me, and LOVE that about storms.
Also, I want to thank you for all the belly laughter you have brought and bring into my often long long work days. You are not only a highly gifted writer, but hysterically funny. So very very talented. I am sending you lots of laughter and fulfilled dreams in this coming year. Hugs, Robin
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Hilary Says:
30 December 2009 at 5:39 am.
Hi Robin – what a wonderful way to spend Christmas Day – and the wind was really howling around – the views were spectacular .. though falling onthe frozen ground can’t have been fun ..but the laughs were infectious and you obviously both had such a lovely time.
Be free of all things – be alive .. love and live to the fullest -
wonderful post and video .. lovely music too .. thanks
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters Inspirational Stories
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Dear Hilary, Yes, the views we OFF THE CHARTS. My video doesn’t even begin to capture a fraction of the REAL beauty. Everywhere I turned there were views that left me speechless. And it takes a lot to leave me speechless. LOL! —Blessedly when the wind blew me over there was enough snow on the ground due to drifting that I never even felt the fall. AND I managed to keep holding the camera so it didn’t slam down on the snow. We really DID have such a free time, full of laughter and beauty, all stresses whipped away on the wind, forgotten. Especially because we had to stay fairly aware and “present” due to the wind and possible icy ground.
Love your line: “Be free of all things – be alive .. love and live to the fullest ” YES!!, Hilary; that is so beautiful. Thank you for all your kindness. It has been a joy meeting you this year.
Hugs,
Robin
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Julie Says:
30 December 2009 at 11:48 am.
Wonderful! What a beautiful way to celebrate, Robin—-EVERY day. 
I was right there with you, knowing the thrills you were sharing with us. To feel that open, that anchored and yet so very free, as if you could lift off any minute because of feeling so weightless, so clean and empty and open and ready…for… something, anything, just…LIFE!
The quickest, easiest, best way to fall into moments of such wild freedom of being like that are in Nature’s exhilarating moments like you just shared. You and your video vividly bring to life just what it means to fall away from yourself and how thrilling an experience it is. You’re a fantastic, fun, wonderful teacher, Robin, showing us in living color exactly how to be free. If anyone still wants to sit in a chair to watch tv or read a book after watching your celebratory video, then…well, I’d be very surprised, is all.
Happiest of wonderful new years to you, Robin!
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
LOLOL!!! RE: “If anyone still wants to sit in a chair to watch tv or read a book after watching your celebratory video, then…well, I’d be very surprised, is all. ”
Oh my Dear Julie, You are soooo funny….and SUCH an ALIVE and VIVACIOUS “being” (I originally had “human being” there, but took out the “human” as I feel you live in another whole world, on another whole energetic level. I’m totally serious about that BTW).
I LOVE your comment here. It’s like you just plugged right into how I felt that whole day. You see! I am so touched by your generous and loving words. They mean a lot to me. I feel like you understand so well my method of “teaching” (I used the word VERY loosely). It is simply “BEING” who we ARE. You live this ALL the time, Julie. Everything you share comes from this place and I feel that Nature is speaking to me through you. All of existence is speaking to me. You have merged with Existence so much that you ARE it. What a reflection you give me. I give you deepest thanks. And I feel that you just KNOW why. You just KNOW.
Thank you for being my soul sister.
You are pure beauty.
Love, Robin
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Evita Says:
30 December 2009 at 12:21 pm.
What an amazing Christmas you had indeed! Oh Robin your love for mother nature is so grand and so inspiring. Even if I wasn’t in love with her and respect her deeply already, I would find it next to impossible to fall under her spell through you.
As for being aware and awake – these are two very, very dear things to me. Today each day is based on both, waking up to see more, feeling alive in grander ways and being aware of being, being aware of thoughts, words and actions. I have found this to make life just delicious and oh so beautiful!!!!
Happy new year Robin – to many more wonderful adventures that grow your awareness even more and allow us who know you to learn from you, through you and with you
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Dear Evita, I KNOW that you relate to my consuming love of Nature. I still see your face resting on green moss and your gentle elegant hand feeding little chipmunks. I will never forget that. I think it is why I love your Evolving Scenes site so much. Your photography is not only intensely peaceful, but I always feel that it possibly conveys the deepest part of you, because I am looking at what captured your attention, what moved your soul and through those images I feel YOU.
I also know of your great passion for being awake and aware. I see it in everything you do and say. I love your use of the word “delicious”, yes, it does make Life so so DELICIOUS. We hunger for it and greedily ingest as much Life as we can. You do an excellent job of helping people to feel this and to become more aware themselves. You are a born master at it.
Thank you for being part of my life and including me in yours. It is SUCH a gift. One that keeps me going. I am so blessed to know such a beautiful angel. Love, Robin
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eddie Says:
30 December 2009 at 11:33 pm.
Fabulous Robin…your infectious nature is in it’s full glory. Thanks for sharing, Eddie
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Dear Eddie, YEAHHHHHHHHHH! I felt so happy when I saw your comments come it. (She jumps up and does ten cartwheels. LOLOL) I will have to stop by window on the world, been really maxed with work. Can’t wait to see what YOU are seeing. I am NEVER let down…ever.
Eddie, thank you for all you’ve shared, taught me, encouraged me, seen me and been in my life these last couple of years. I am really happy to be kindred souls. Hugs, Robin
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Lance Says:
31 December 2009 at 4:52 am.
Dear Robin,
Your beauty shines through in word and video. In the video, I really just feel your presence in that moment. And that’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently…moments. It is what we have. And being here, always reminds me of how those moments are all a part of us. Every moment, every day.
And your words, touching upon life and really embracing it…so, so good to read. Robin, you have such an beautiful way of sharing “you” with us here. I am moved every time, by who you are and what you give so wonderfully.
I look forward to all that the new year holds for you, my sweet and precious friend.
With love,
Lance
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Oh dear sweet Lance of the good heart and bright future. Always so earnest, real and kind. Also, really goofy at times, which I love. LOL!! But your comment here went straight into my heart with a palpable force. It strongly carries the true spirit of “Lance”.
Although I used the word “future” here, I also really realize the importance of the moment. It REALLY IS ALL WE HAVE. We have nothing else. We really don’t. Anything else is only an illusion. Lance, I wish I had better, maybe more, words. I would like to find a way to tell you how BRIGHTLY you shine. One of the things that makes you shine soooooooooooooo brightly is your are SINCERE and you move forward into Life with a truly earnest heart…I think a brave heart. It’s just something I sense in you.
Knowing you all these months really makes me stronger, I look at the fabric of Robin and I see a really beautiful Lance thread running through it. More importantly, just you being in the world makes the world a safer more beautiful place. I know those are just words and don’t even express what I would like you to FEEL from reading this, but they will have to do. Maybe there are no words. Some things kindred spirits just know.
You keep being you, Lance, because the world needs men filled with valor and goodness.
I look forward to sharing the coming year with you and hearing all that you are doing.
So many blessing to you and your dear family.
With hugs and love,
Robin
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Chrissy Says:
31 December 2009 at 7:21 am.
You are both crazy! lol
It made me laugh, the temperature has just gone back down here today and it is icy. Not much snow but a very severe chill factor…I went out with my camera until my fingers froze up.
I came back and felt very alive so watching this made me smile….except I packed it in a long time before you did, lol ~ a lightweight!
Happy New Year to you and yours XX
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:32 am
Dear Chrissy, What a DELIGHTFUL rascal you are. I just LOVE you and your honest sense of humor, especially when it comes to yourself. You are just so funny. I smiled that you were also out in the cold photographing. More Birds? Sunsets? I will have to come and see. I just love the little Robin on your site’s banner I was looking at this last week. It leaves me gasping every time I see it, so clear and sweet, and your gentle beautiful hand held out like that. OMG! The relationship between you and the Robin is soooooooooooo intimate. I love you for loving these little guys. I don’t care how long or short you stay out in the cold, what’s important is that you are SO intensely aware of the world around you. You SEE so much…and cherish it……..even if you are a “lightweight”. LOLOL!!
Thank you Chrissy for ALL that you have given me, all the deep kindness, love and generosity. You touch me in so so many ways. Your presence in my life adds inspiration, beauty, laughter, compassion, common sense, creativity, and love. And….something that I don’t even had words for. We are connected by invisible bonds that stretch easily across the “pond”. You are always in my heart. Never doubt it. You helped me claim “The Deer Keeper” within myself in the most generous and amazing way. I will NEVER EVER forget that. I wish you SO much goodness, Chrissy. Much love, Robin.
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Chrissy Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Robin, you are so lovely and it made me laugh…my OH responded to you on my blog and he hardly ever comments…how much you touch people
he was also reading this over my shoulder and was laughing so much, he just said what a great word ~ rascal…lol, rofl
I love that Robin, it has taken me years to find myself again and reach out and trust, just like that little one
I actually have realised lately that I need to make people realise that the photo’s I take do take patience, I never really thought of it but when someone asked how I do it, I was thinking well you can’t just walk up……..
However, I digress, thank you for your friendship, kindness, being there. You know some days it is like I have you with me and I cherish that ~ I don’t trust so easily and I have only a handfil of good freinds…take care hun, much love from me XX
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Tess The Bold Life Says:
31 December 2009 at 12:20 pm.
Hi Robin,
I love it…the video as much as your message. As as kid growing up on a 88 acre produce farm we had to work in the fields as soon as we were five years old. The work was way to difficult and overwhelming for us children but the gift in it was being in nature. That is how we survived it.
That’s what this video brought up for me. I’m a nature lover because of the farm. Happy New Year and thanks for inspiring me to go hiking tomorrow. xo Tess
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:40 am
Dear Tess, Wow! You are so sincere and down to earth. Your story about “the farm” here touched me deeply. I relate to it in so many ways. What really grabs my heart is that although the work was waaaay to difficult and too much for one so tiny….today you choose to not only see that reality of how hard it was, but you ALSO consciously choose to see the GIFTS from that time. Tess, that makes my heart swell with pride and profound respect for you. I relate to this kind of thinking. I too am able to look at the hard times and yet claim what was good about them, or what I learned from them, or how they made me grow, whatever.
Tess, in choosing to live your life in this way you confirm so much for me. You encourage me to keep walking my path and making the same choice: to look for the lessons and gifts. This is SO SO powerful Tess. I am hugging you a HUGE hug. You’ve given me a big gift today. Thank you from my heart. It is a joy to find your this year. Hugs, Robin xox
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nothingprofound Says:
31 December 2009 at 3:07 pm.
Life responds to life. Nothing like a fierce wind or a thunderstorm to remind you of your own wild nature.
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:43 am
Dear “Profound”, Oh yes!!!! “Life responds to Life.” How sweet that is. Thank you dear wise friend for seeing so deeply and sharing your wisdom with me and others here. You really do get it. I too thrive in storms for this very reason. They remind me where I come from and who I am. They strip away all that is nor me and leave me raw and naked, fully alive. Bless you.
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Chris Edgar Says:
31 December 2009 at 8:40 pm.
Hi Robin — It’s always uplifting to catch glimpses of you enjoying life — it’s a reminder to me not to take everything as seriously as I sometimes can. Happy holidays and thanks for a year of wonderful posts.
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 am
Dear Chris, I REALLY love this comment as there have been times in my life where I too took Life (and myself) very seriously and it wasn’t necessary. Some laughter would have gone a long way toward setting me free and allowing me to let go of all that doesn’t really matter. These days I am VERY spontaneous and I also laugh a lot, no matter WHAT is going on in my life. That laughter allows me to separate from, and look down upon, events with a greater view/perspective. It makes challenges less challenging. So much of what we think matters…doesn’t.
So much of being adult is really not being adult at all…but rather tight, tense and hanging on to our ego. I’ve lost so much of my ego that I don’t even care anymore. Life has brought me to my knees so many times that there really is no ego. Only the moment and my beautiful innate life-giving impulses.
Dear Chris, thank YOU for all your truth seeking, honest wisdom and sincere kindness. I am enjoying getting to know you. It is an honor. Hugs, Robin
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Emily Says:
1 January 2010 at 6:57 pm.
Loved the video! Tent Rocks? A part of me feels the ancient urge for hibernation here in the Rockies with the temps barely above 0. And still it was SO clear today, now that the snow has stopped; and the air was so clean as the rose colors filled the sky and outlined the deer walking in cow tracks, that I went for a walk at dusk. The cold kept me moving and there was that exhilaration of cold skin on top of warm muscles in motion. Then I came back in and laughed with ‘you guys’ on your video! lots of love!
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 am
Dear Emmy, What a joy to find you here my dear sister. This mesa is north toward Abiquiue, just up in the steep mesa hills and cliff edges there. Tent Rocks was closed New Years Day, but I hope to go there again this winter. I’ve been over 20 times and I never grow tired of it…ever. The slot canyon and bare rock speaks to me in the MOST profound way.
Wow!! You are cold there. It made me wonder just how cold it was up on that mesa cliff edge. Would have liked a wind chill gauge with me. Will have to get mine out. I think we are far less cold here lately than you are in CO. Although, Nov and Dec were MUCH colder. Lately more sun and today no wind.
I remember walking to school in winter temps of -10 or -20 and only wearring socks, shoes and a dress and coat (and not a particularly thick one at that). And I don’t ever remember being cold or getting frostbite. We were hardy Mainers, eh? Living years in Australia and South Africa “softened” us. LOLOL!!!
I have loved your images of you skiing or walking at dusk, so soooooo beautiful…and the deer. You also live in such a beautiful area. Even though it’s cold don’t you love the feeling of coming back indoors and feeling so toasty and cozy after a day in the bitter cold? And I LOVE how I sleep so deeply and at total peace with the world. I know you understand.
Emmy, I felt stripped bare up on that cliff edge. SOOOOO raw and alive. I needed that. Like Batty Ann says, “I went outside and blew the stink off me.” LOL!! It literally felt like that. I needed this day in the wild challenging myself, Em, too much time working at my desk. One day I will return to the wild for good. It’s where my love lives, where my heart lives, so much much goodness in every breath, so much “god” there for me….so much Robin there.
Know that I see you, hear you and am with you….always. I am so proud of all you are bravely doing and being. We walk an astounding and beautiful path….so glad you are walking with me and I with you. Much Love. Your sister, Roby
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floreta Says:
2 January 2010 at 1:14 pm.
I found your blog on a list of ‘best blogs to read in 2010′ type thing and glad i clicked through! great writing. sounds like a really fun time, and you describe it so well! congrats on a book deal!?? i think that’s what i read
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Hi Dear Floreta, Welcome to my Eden. I’ve been to your site and really enjoyed myself!! Thank you so much for your generous words, I am very touched by them. And yes, I did sign a book deal and smiling over your congrats. I love your kind heart and willingness to connect so openly. It reminds me a lot of me. LOL! So reading this made me smile!! Thank you, hugs, Robin.
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Liara Covert Says:
2 January 2010 at 2:21 pm.
Robin, you share such loving thoughts through the air that flows through everything. We savor your reflections, not only live vicariously through you, but we are you, at the top of the mesa and anywhere. Your energy vibration awakens centres of transmission, and heart-to-heart talk. Peace, love & truth be you always.
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Dearest Liara. Thank you for your beautiful and loving sentiments here. They brought tears to my eyes. You wrote: “…we are you, at the top of the mesa and anywhere.” This just brings immediate tears of love to my eyes. It is soooo true, dear Liara, I feel this all the time and am grateful that you bring it to full light here. People might think the internet (and the people we connect with here) is “JUST the internet”, and separate from our “real” lives, but for me the deeply beautiful souls who come to these pages and share their most vulnerable and beautiful selves are profoundly real to me. They ARE me, Liara. I love them. And, as you say, you all are with me. This is true, Liara. And I with you. Thank you, dear one, for moving me deeply today. Love, Robin
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Wilma Ham Says:
3 January 2010 at 3:24 pm.
Robin, while I was guess where . . . being carressed by head winds in my kayak, you are cradled by them as well.
Oh nature is where we find ourselves as nature is us and we are nature.
In one of your comments you say here;
“If we spend much time in the wild, Nature demands that we awaken, rise up and become our best, give our best. If we are in Nature long enough, we realize that there are no half measures, no compromises, we are not the one in charge and we can no longer afford complacency.”
If we can make our daily life like this, we are who we are meant to be.
Alive Co-Creators with nature as our ally. AND nature includes us as well.
Oh imagine, living like that, being surrounded by that energy always, you and me BE-ing nature and those forces for each other. We too are the wind and sun in our and others’ lives.
Oh Robin, YES, that is how I desire the rest of my life to be, the storm, the sun, the calm and the awareness, the BE-ing, embracing LIFE and ALL there is, stripped to its bare self.
And I am stripping, (which is easy now it is summer ).
As always, I felt you my friend, lots of love, Wilma
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Dearest Wilma, my beautiful unbounded friend, you will hardly believe this. When I was up on that mesa in the roaring wild wind I remembered how you had mentioned getting out the kayaks and going onto the water. I told my husband that you were probably “down there” in the warm sunshine on the water. When I read your comment here I laughed with DELIGHT that you WERE doing exactly THAT…and even in “head winds”. Yes, Nature is where we find ourselves, because, as you say, we ARE Nature.
I am also chuckling because I read your quote here that you said “I” wrote and I had no memory of writing it. Then I realized I often have no memory of what I write or the awareness of writing…even. Then I realized that it’s because I’m NOT aware that I am “writing”. I am only aware that I am FEELING. The Love just flows through me, and the “ego” me doesn’t even exist. I become the Love flowing through me. So the things I write are not from my mind or thoughts; they are from my “beingness”, they are from what flows through me, what I become when IT flows through me. I know that if I had to write something from a “thought place” or my “mind”, I could not, Wilma. So I am so so grateful to you for not only making me more aware of this aspect of myself, but for being one of my GREATEST inspirations. I FEEL you way over here as if there is no distance or time. There isn’t. I want you know that your WIDE OPEN heart just lets ALL the Love in me flow out, all the magic and wonder and joy. And flow out without a backward glance. Flow out without shame or worry of judgment or need to put ME in conext. THAT is YOUR great gift to the world. And believe me, dear one, it is a HUUUUUUGE gift. The world is starved for who you ARE.
And yes, “Nature includes us as well”. Isn’t that AMAZING! And we ARE the wind and sun and rain and vitality in each others and others lives. Never doubt the extent of your GREATNESS. It’s vast like Mother Earth. You REALLY live that my friend. You are a most beloved angel. I really can’t tell you how much Wilma, but I know in your heart that you understand…even without my words. I am with you and you are with me. Always. All Love, Robin.
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CG Walters Says:
3 January 2010 at 3:36 pm.
Wonderful, Robin! I fully agree. Return to Nature, and be reawakened to oneself, to ONE self.
Continued blessings and inspiration, dear one…CG
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Robin Easton Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Dear CG, what an honor to see you here. I KNEW without doubt that you would understand. I cherish your visit and your wise words: “Return to Nature, and be reawakened to oneself, to ONE self.” I love the “ONE self” Yes! You are a refreshing source of uplifted energy and love in the world. I see how you touch all those you come in contact with. Thank you for all you give; I am grateful. Hugs, Robin
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Robin Easton Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 8:57 am
Dear Friends,
I am just loving your thoughts here and will reply today. Just running a bit behind…Hmmm….”behind”….whenever I write that I always ask, “Behind what?” LOL!!
I don’t think there is any “behind” except the one I sit on. LOL!! There is, as I say in the post, only this “current” moment. That reminds me of a song I once wrote titled: “Only This Moment”.
So after I go for a walk I will be back to share with you. Thank you soooooooo much for being here, for sharing your hearts and souls. You are absolutely THE BEST!! Magnificent! I just love you. Robin
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