Dreamlily,
I love your quote - I don't think we are living naturally in many ways today, but mainly because of not living in a tribe, or at least an extended family, where there is built in community. It's WONDERFUL that you have a great relationship with your mom, that's a strong basis for other relationships.
Today we have to seek out those relationships and it's not easy with everyone so involved in their own lives and sadly, probably doing too much and yet not being satisfied. I am guessing that's why the popularity of connecting through the computer.
I don't know if you're a mother, but from a different site (veganmacrobiotics@yahoogroups.com) this site was recommended for mothers
http://www.thecompl eatmother. com/ Mothers connecting with mothers. I'll bet you can find anything on the computer, and wouldn't be surprized if there were a sisterhood of women talking about menopause (and life, and everything).
But I still believe the best kind of connections are the real ones, with all the senses and exchanges that one can make in real life. Not easy at all in today's isolating way of living, but worth trying to find.
btw, don't ever worry about spelling on the computer - that's one of the etiquette rules, no one notices, or if they do, not allowed to mention it - got to go beyond the superficial so we can connect with the real people (I'm one to talk, always feel badly when I realize I've sent something out without correcting it - so this is a lesson to me also!!!)
I also found an amazing book - Gesundheit by Patch Adams, M.D. - truly inspiring how we need to live and love and heal - he created his dream hospital, no charge for the patient, no malpractice insurance, lots of love and laughter and so so much more - openess, intimacy, relationship to Nature - everything he says I wish I were living in - wonder if anybody knows more if the hospital now exists - the address my friend wrote in the book (my friend's book, which I inherited after her death) is 6855 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA 22213, (703) 525-8169 - and the internet address which I'm ashamed to say I haven't checked out,
www.patchadams.org and fax # (703) 532-6132, attn: Beach Clown. If anybody knows anything, if this hospital still exists and what's happening, I'd love to know.
Klara