live life
May 2008 
What's Your Scene?
Dwanimen
One sunny afternoon in San Francisco, my husband Duane drew this sketch. What I like about it is how relaxed I look. It reminds me of how nice it is to make time to simply lie down on the earth, feel the warmth of the sun and read a good book. What it doesn’t show is how much effort it took that day to get to this “relaxed” image, nor how brief the moment was.
I’ve spent many years setting goals, having expectations and generally striving to achieve. I have so many planners, I could open my own Franklin Covey store. The society we live in puts an enormous amount of pressure on us to do and have, most success books, even metaphysically ones, place quite of bit of emphasis on achievement. Recently, I came across a wonderful website and book. It’s called the Type Z Guide to Success with Ease. I’ve just started reading it, but so far I love it. The author, Marc Allen says we can be lazy, unorganized and wealthy. I don’t know about you but, that sounds really good to me!
One of the first things he suggests you do is ask yourself what the “scene” of your life will look like in five years. I like the use of the word scene because it brings in more of your senses, it sounds more organic, effortless. I’ve started a mind map of my scene. It includes a lot of words and images that induce an scene of ease, calm, wealth, flow, light, and rhythm. It smells like patchouli and sage. It’s warm like a spring day and as cool as autumn. Money and ideas flow like water. I have no needs, for they all are met. Abundance is my very nature.
What’s your scene?
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