{"id":3360,"date":"2015-08-04T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T00:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2015-11-07T11:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T19:04:38","slug":"august-4-2015-moments-of-ecstasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeinfullcolor.com\/dev\/life-stories\/august-4-2015-moments-of-ecstasy\/","title":{"rendered":"August 4, 2015 – Moments of ecstasy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lake Tahoe, Sugar Pine Beach<\/p><\/div>\n

[I\u2019m still on vacation with Joe and Bo in Tahoe. I\u2019ll resume recording next week.]<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s early morning \u2013 a time of day that I\u2019m meant for. We are up in Lake Tahoe for our annual vacation with Anne and Gary, Joe\u2019s sister and brother-in-law, and good friends Dan and Carol. The sun has come up from behind the mountains on the east side of the lake, and is peeking through the trees. I\u2019m surprised I\u2019m so wide awake. I went to bed after midnight last night – really late for me. We had a party last night here, and I stayed up to clean the kitchen. For me it makes such a big difference to wake up to a tidy kitchen, that it\u2019s worth missing out on a little sleep. My friend Sara told me what her mom says: if you say goodnight to your kitchen, it says good morning to you! I so get this!<\/p>\n

There were 11 of us \u2013 the six of us, and Rosemary and Michael, and their three adult daughters – a family we see at the beach every summer, but with whom we\u2019d never spent an evening. We all gathered at the house we\u2019ve rented for 10 days. It has a big east-facing deck that stretches all the way north and south along the side of the house, and it\u2019s up on the second story, putting the view almost at the top of the surrounding trees. Last night was a clear night, and we had the most incredible view of the night sky. We turned off all the lights in the house to see them even better. There was the Milky Way, clear as could be, and so many stars, it was hard to pick out any constellations except the Big Dipper. To top it off, there were shooting stars for a bit of suspenseful action. When one happened, we all exclaimed \u201cohhhh!!!\u201d. It was magic.<\/p>\n

I had made pizza dough earlier in the day, Danny made sauce, and everyone brought toppings and yummy appetizers \u2013 ahi poke and homemade potstickers. Each person made their own pizza that we cooked either out on the deck in the Weber barbeque, or in the oven. A big salad and root beer floats, and it was a really fun dinner for our summer vacation. When we were out on the deck, all gazing up into deep space, I leaned over to Joe and told him I was having one of those \u201cit doesn\u2019t get any better than this\u201d moments: sweet people, yummy and fun food, a warm evening, engulfed in the majesty of the universe.<\/p>\n

These are experiences we can\u2019t order up. It could have been cloudy as it was two nights before; we could have been inside doing jigsaw puzzles with baseball on the TV, as we have been most other nights. Nothing wrong with that – we should do what we enjoy while on vacation. But last night just happened. And I had a moment of ecstasy. One of the many things I\u2019ve learned from Alison Armstrong, is to pay attention and really take in these moments. Ecstasy is how the feminine is re-fueled. It\u2019s the expansion in the middle of my chest that comes with experiencing joy, beauty, connection, deep appreciation of someone or something, music that touches me, extra-delicious food and other sensual pleasures. And since the feminine is our life-bringing, life-sourcing energy, it\u2019s really important that it be recharged!<\/p>\n

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Love my boys!<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve had other such moments since been here a week ago yesterday:<\/p>\n