Heeeey, February!
I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to see you, February.
Partly because this past January kicked my ass so hard that I’m excited about change in any form whatsoever. And partly because you are a symbol of incredibly special things that are happening in my life.
But anyway, I’m really glad you’re here. I’m really glad I’m here.
And maybe we can even rewrite some of the sticking points we’ve had in our relationship in the past. Who knows? Anything is possible.
Hi.
Let’s talk superpowers.
First, the superpowers of January that I want to take with me.
So yes, January hit like a giant train wreck in a lot of ways. And making my way through that experience has landed me some serious superpowers.
Here are the ones I’m planning on keeping:
The superpower of Not Worrying About Anything.
I got to this one by way of being so completely exhausted and depleted that worrying about things just seemed like another tiring activity that I didn’t have energy for.
So I’m taking the freedom of that. Taking the feeling of Peace Breathes Through Me that comes from extreme zombie tired, without taking the tired and the non-functioning.
And I’m also taking the superpowers of Flexibly Structured Morning & Evening Rituals. And the superpowers of Being Exceedingly Cautious And Discerning About What Input I Allow Into My Space.
The superpowers I’d like to experience in February.
The superpower of feeling joyful and generous.
The superpower of wanting what I want. Unapologetically.
The superpower of CONGRUENCE.
The superpower of emptying and replenishing, so that play can be really playful.
Things I’m looking forward to in February.
February is the birthday of the trees!
February is stomping through puddles in the park in my BOOTS!
February is getting ready for Now We Are Six, the birthday celebrations of The Fluent Self, Inc, magical pirate ship at large.
February is new systems.
February has Rally (Rally!).
February (this February) is the DAY OF LEAP! That’s the day that the Floating Playground finally opens. That’s the day that we have access to the new and much bigger space for the real Playground. All the good things! They are happening!
And then it’s March. And March is spring. For me.
Things I’m feeling apprehensive about in February (and my plan!)
Ugh Valentine’s Day, ugh ugh ugh.
That pretty much sums it up.
The plan? Avoid the internet at all costs. Maybe also have an open Play Day at the Playground where other Fluent Self mice can hang out. Do some Shiva Nata on LOVE, because love is amazing.
And just generally avoid the annoying pink-romantic-straight-culture overkill.
Sleep please please please please.
I am crazy determined to outdo my current record of two whole nights in a row of uninterrupted sleep.
The plan? Keep doing what I’m doing. Stone skipping, yoga nidra, tea, ritual, support, practice.
The big change.
Things are changing, and it’s big.
The plan? Mission-ready. Mission-ready. Mission-ready. And lots of breaks. Entry and exit.
Things I would like to experience in February.
Harmonious interactions.
Spaciousness and blanket forts.
Choosing carefully. Preparing for the voyage.
Excitement and glee about where this is all going.
Trust and permission.
Silliness and movement.
Clues and allies for February.
You know how I like to go searching for clews.
So here are five that I am choosing for February, without having to figure out what they mean yet or how they’re going to work together.
- The money tree in the kitchen.
- The hidden castle.
- The Cascadia flag.
- The anchor
- The color YELLOW.
And five resources or allies:
- Barbara Sher.
- Suzette Haden Elgin.
- Michelle Marlahan.
- Keren.
- The gnome.
Here we go. Flipping the page.
Here’s the February image from the Playground calendar.
Play with me? And comment zen for today.
You are welcome to write your own Hello, February.
You could write February a letter, drop off some gwishes, or give it a new name.
(If you like, peek at other months — July and August and September and October and November and December and January.)
We all have our stuff. We’re all working on our stuff. We take responsibility for our stuff. Because without sovereignty and spaciousness, this whole thing falls apart.
And we make this a safe space by not telling each other what to do, how to be or how to feel. We make room for each other.
Wishing you the most beautiful and supportive February that could possibly be.
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Hello February! The things I love about you:
-birthdays of people I love
-Pantheacon. hell yes!
-Feb 2, the Festival of Small Furry Animals
-hey it’s not pitch dark out here!
What I want from you:
-continued Ease, Gentleness, forgiveness, creativity
-increased Support and reliability
-an excellent smooth trip to California
-more Flailing! more yoga! can we make this a daily thing?
-progress on the Plum Street and EoS projects
-writing. lots more writing.
-Treehouse time, and lots of Play
-more playing with Time. For months I HAD NO Time. In Janaury I strated Making Time and Finding Time and Carving out Time for fun, and it worked
-in january i got to see big chunks of my patterns. this should continue but i also want to see the separate bits connecting with other bits. More big picture
-greater desire to be sober
I commit to:
-Flailing and yoga
-reasonable bedtimes
-working on this whole “better food” deal
-making Time to sit with The Script
-making Time to sit with Entering and Exiting P’con, FRiday, Weekdays and My Work
-writing
-using my tools often, especially when it seems “stupid”
-remainign positive and loving
-remembering that ltely I have been surprised by Unexpected Gifts of Love, Help and Ease. Receive this.
I forget sometimes that Valentine’s Day can be stressful for coupled folks too, but of course it can. “Annoying pink-romantic-straight-culture overkill” – Ha! What a great way to describe it. I think I will eat some chocolate and do my best to ignore the rest of it.
February. February! Thank you February for starting with a burst of much-needed sun and hope and routine-returning.
Also: rabbit, rabbit.
Also: thank you Havi for modeling this most excellent and helpful and delightful practice.
January superpowers I want to bring with me:
The superpower of less is more & going slow. Ahoy, single tasking!
The superpower of entry & exit!!!
The superpower of peaceful, nonviolent resistence-style bedtimes. Invoking the guerillas (gorillas?) of peace to join me and my child in all our sleep adventures.
Interrelated superpowers of: delightful breaks, Congruencing my forcefields and my spaces, and stretching my legs and my hips whenever possible.
February things!
I invoke: the return tide. Things flowing back to their places. Rightness, flow, rhythm. Return. Especially the tide of snot (ha!).
I invoke: more green dreaming. Seed-finding, soil-turning, taste-wishing. Gardens of the soul and of the kitchen balcony.
I invoke: my favorite February tradition of the Secret Fancy Surprise Dinner, which is about surprises of the taste and fanciness variety, not the kind where people pop out and surprise you. The kind with decadent food, nourishing surroundings, and no expectations.
I invoke: preparation for the Day of Leap! More reading. More embarking. (This is related to the soul gardening most definitely.)
I invoke: more exit and revue. More entries and pages in my special book.
I invoke: return to the container, code name W. I know it’s coming. It will need my superpowers and my care. I’m putting it here so I remember that it’s okay to want something and also feel conflicted about it. And it’s okay to use imperfect containers, too. It will work as long as I need it to. It’s the tool I can use for now. Putting lots of safe and clear boundaries and forcefields around this one.
I invoke: connection. This is a very, very important theme.
February, the short month! Entering as I want to be in it: aware, awake. Looking for the flow, for the doors, for the unlikely and delightful places.
Hello, February! Hello to vacation in a warm place with family and close friends. Hello to stepping back, letting go, and being peaceful. Hello to the Mirror Pool and the Day of Leap! And the exiting and entering that bring me there. Hello to the progress bursting forth.
Good-bye with thanks to confusion, fear, and squirrel brain. I allow February to be about sitting still and centering without fear that if I stop trying to do everything at once, I won’t get anything done at all. Not true! It works better for me to do one thing well and consciously than many things badly and without thought.
Hi February!
I love you because: Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Lakota Birthday!
-You are short. That’s refreshing.
-I’m feeling huge momentum and think February might be a good thing.
-February is good-bands-visit-Denver month. Dancing, commence!
Superpowers!
-Doing only heart-felt things. Scanner-y diversions, let’s just play briefly.
-Connection. I can do this. My heart is ready and less scared.
-Entering and exiting in a constant flow. Awareness.
-Bouncing!
I invoke:
-Peace and calm. Extra blankets for the rooms of scared selves.
-Breathing to lighten stucknesses away.
-The powers of flailing!
-Everything is a superpower…
-Lakshmi. Bun-dancing. This surprises me.
-Always slightly longer days.
I commit:
-To Shiva Nata blog series. Classes were a lot, little ideas are not too much.
-To super-clarity between ALL THE JOBS.
-To communication with me! and everyone else, as it needs to happen.
-To just a tiny bit more self-care. Not going crazy… just a tiny bit more.
Goodbye, January!
Thank you for the superpowers of
–permission
–enthusiasm
–discovery
Hello, February, month of tending
I’m calling in the superpowers of
–congruency
–loving where I am
–meeting my stuff with love
–tending — especially tending, because it’s about caring for and recognizing patterns. This word came up for me in my New Year’s work and I love it!
Thank you for the fit of the Mirror Pool, Havi! It was so gently and beautifully crafted. Ahhh . . .
Hooray for the Day of Leap!
Oh, hello, February!
Superpowers I want to keep from January:
The superpower of Being Okay With Not Being Okay. I secretly suspect that this is a tiny corner of the superpower of Presence, because it has to do with not resisting my experience.
Also the superpower of Adding Possibilities, which I think comes partly from the superpower of Curiousity and the brilliant question “can I be absolutely sure that that’s true?”
Superpowers I would like to experience in February:
The superpower of Putting On My Own Oxygen Mask First
The superpower of Being Delighted By Tiny Lovely Things
The superpower of safety
Things I’m looking forward to in February:
February promises to be full of spas, some of them with friends. I love this kind of froofery!
February has a trip to California in it, where I will get to hang out with my awesome friend Christine and meet my sixth-grade-best-friend’s baby and also where it will be warm.
February has the Day of Leap!
Thing I am apprehensive about in February and my plan!
Pantheacon! So exciting, so scary. Very tied up in some sadness right now. (But Leni, maybe we will meet! That would be fun!)
My plan: Remembering that “I need a break” is an okay way to feel Maybe I can find coffee shops near the hotel where I could take one. Checking in with sad-me and making sure her eagle is protecting her safe room and that she has everything she wants in there. Invoking the qualities I want to experience.
Feeling overwhelmed. Being gone for a week = extra-busy = yipes.
My plan: Treasure maps just for today. Maybe with markers! Would music help? Checking my calendar to see how I can prioritize enough sleep. Asking to simplify my social plans if that’s what I need. Committing to a time to look at this more deeply for the rest of the spring.
Things I would like to experience in February:
Building a ladder to my treehouse
Curiousity and possibility
Excitement and clarity
Silly delight
February clues:
1. The council room
2. Mailing letters
3. The magical appearance of space!
February Allies:
1. Mr. Nonviolent Communication
2. My mom
3. The invisible dog
Welcome, February!
Hello February!
I’m naming February the Moon of Putting Myself Out There (no one said the moon had to be poetic, right?)
Superpowers I want to take with me:
– The ability to get what I ask for on that same day – Sadly, I doubt this one will come true, but I had the odd conguence of asking for a day full of flow and getting it, a day full of rest and getting it, and VPA’ing to feel at peace with waiting for the grad school app’s hanging out there and got the yes, which was the secret behind the VPA VPA. I asked for exercise, the bus broke down exactly two miles from work, so I walked.
– the ability to get out of bed quickly and early. I found it at the end of January and I’d like to keep it.
– words on the page
Superpowers I want to find:
– editing skillz
– publishing skillz
– finding/making time for even more things
Things I’m looking forward to in February:
– The day of leap
– the late bus and making/finding time to write
– finding my groove in the exercising routine
Things I’m anxious about in February:
– I committed myself today to publishing my first thing on Amazon (a short story) within one week. I want it to go well and for my experiment in the readers vote on the story direction to go well also.
– Feeling plugged in at work after being accepted to grad school.
Goodbye, January.
Thank you for the kick in the pants to start things over, find new paths, and begin to establish the new routines. Thank you for bringing my attention to the qualities of Ease and Comfort, and the triad of Focus, Flow and Flexibility.
Hello, February!
I’m so excited to see you! I’m looking forward to:
Mindfulness
Mindful of my body-ness
Writing, building, making progress on my project
Resolution – hopefully – of something I’ve been trying to be patient about!
A mini-trip! By train, even!
And the Day of the Leap!
Hi February. Um, I wasn’t expecting you to look like a dervish. But here you are, so how am I going to keep my head in sync with the dizzy?
Supahpowahs from January:
* letting go and saying no
* recognizing toxins
* gracious revision and reframing
Supahpowahs in waiting:
* bait-deflection
* leaving other people’s stuff-marinade the heck alone even when the bubble and trouble sounds so much like it’s calling me
* radiance- and encouragement-supplying mojo
Things I’m looking forward to in February:
* my book going into production
* getting back into an athletic groove. Just like I was able to last February
* a week of live tennis and blues
* goosing the cash flow along with ongoing and incoming projects
Things I’m apprehensive about:
* potential grief and loss
* interactions with people who want answers or actions that aren’t mine to give/perform
My plan so far:
* curiosity
* roleplaying
* journaling
* prayer
* self-care
Things I would like to experience:
* steady progress
* reassurance
* health
* sense of abundance
* excitement at doing things well / witnessing things done well
Clews:
* purple taro fillings
* leather appliqués
* carpet of clover
* cardamom pods
* old chemistry books
Allies:
* workflowy
* mugfuls of colored pencils and markers
* thrift-shop sale days
* mentors and colleagues
* the goose and the ox
Gwishes:
* a phone+plan more compatible with me
* my fantasy tennis picks to do well. especially the longshots. 😀
Hello hello February! Even though I like your name and wish I’d known it’s source earlier, I think I shall take a Subtle Clew from the Finnish and call you the Month of the Pearl. Even though there is a source that says February’s stone is the amethyst. I’ll take the combination, please.
That said, I also like that the Roman ritual after which you were named used to happen on the 15th. Goodbye, VD-Day! I shall go purifying instead. 🙂
I have done a lot of big things today – some inadvertently – to say both Hello and Goodybye. Therefore I am spending time cuddling my scared-selves and doing a lot of butt-monster kisses. I am also thinking of keys to the month.
Other than that? Silent Retreat! *flail*
ARGH “its source”, rather. Hmmmm. An error to think about. It is source. Hmmmm.
February usually is a month I dread – but January was so bad and difficult, I think this is the first time in my life I was ever glad to see February. Not that January was *all* bad – but it was basically, and somewhat consistently, extremely difficult for many reason.
So… goodbye, January. I really tried to like you better than usual (I’m just not a winter person) and you even brought some good days with you, and I’m grateful for that.
And hello, February. I am cautiously optimistic, even though the month has already gotten off to a rocky and emotional start. Hence, any optimism right now on my part is definitely cautious.
My superpower for February will be to focus, get stuff done, and get through it all. (I’m combining superpowers here, I suppose.)
I really like that there’s a Valentine’s Day action movie this year. http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/thismeanswar/ It’s still about romance, though. For those looking to avoid romance completely, I recommend commemorating the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre with a zombie dance party.
Yes PLEASE to the Play Date for Valentine’s Day for Fluent Self Mice because I am such a mice and I am going to be in tooooowwwwwn. Yippee and Huzzah and 13 magic wishes for a Play Date. Play Date! Play Date! Play Date! (no pressure) (play date!)
Hello February!
Hello fellow commenteers 🙂
What I’ll take with me from January
– seeing clearly ‘my stuff’ vs. ‘someone else’s stuff’
– distance
– and some more separation: not taking on tasks people throw at me
– time
– bruce wayneness – there is a part of me that is unpanicked and i want that part in front of the V!
More Superpowers and Gwishes into the pot
– house-building and making a home again
– distance-while-being-present. i will be back in my work environment. but i’d love my head to still be traveling and thinking in terms of possibilities.
what i’m excited about
– a new home! moving! help with the moving!
– being back in a known environment with new inspiration and energy
– the day of the Leap! joining the Floop and finding friends.
– experimenting with blogs and blogging and sharing my experiences
what i’m worried about
– being back in a toxic environment. catching the toxins flying around. decouragament. bad days
the plan
retreat retreat and blanket forts. google and dress up and create the environment i need.
BEST WISHES ALL AROUND
February.
This year you are the moon of leaping. (Lollipops for the monster chorus of ‘you are soooooooo unoriginal’. Hmm…these monsters all appear to be about thirteen, which figures. Also giving them a pot full of glittery eyeliners to distract them. Effective!)
Gwishes
Exploring the shelter and soaring at the same time thang
Growing my thing and letting it emerge into the world at its own pace
More time + connection with friends
Discovery of previously unchartered internal territories
Superpowers
The superpower of appreciating what I have, now.
The superpower of shavasana.
The superpower of seeing the useful.
The superpower of seeing + creating the doors.
Clues!
Gray’s anatomy
My favourite tea
A shawl
Foo Dogs
headphones
Goodbye, January.
I loved how we ended with even more energy than we began. That might be unique in my experience. (Rally!)
The superpowers I’d like to experience in February.
-The superpower of maximally expanding all the little bits and bobs of time in which to do the things I most want to do, in whatever magical or mechanical ways that can happen.
-The superpower of ignoring the unimportant, no matter what size importance anyone else would assign. Even if they insist on telling me what huge importance they have assigned.
-The superpower of remembering force fields.
Things I’m looking forward to in February.
-Getting ready to cook for my cookbook group.
-Getting good chocolate for half-price on February 15.
-My anniversary on February 15.
-Having taxes behind me.
-Making progress on Sequencing the Chipmunk Genome.
Things I would like to experience in February.
-Grace and elegance in my Shiva Nata practice. Mwah hahahahaha!
Allies for February.
-Mrs Pilkington, my disconcertingly capable assistant. She is a little like Barrington. But more tweedy, and, truthfully, less buoyant.
-Lab assistants, to be identified.
Goodbye, January!
Goodbye, trying to find a Thing. I don’t have to have a Thing! I DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A THING!
(I usually like to make a long list of things I’m saying goodbye to, but this one is so important and awesome that it gets to hog the spotlight all it wants!)
Superpowers to bring with me!
+The Superpower of Morning Writing Ritual!
+The Superpower of Synchronous Looking and Leaping
+The Superpower of Going To The Post Office
+The Superpower of Rainbow Socks
+The Superpower of Inviting A Negotiator
Hello, February! You are February and you are Fe-Brewery! I plan to brew a lot of exciting things in you.
Febrewery Superpowers, ACTIVATE!
+The Superpower of Being My Own Best Friend
+The Superpower of Gift Sharing
+The Superpower of Not Taking Things Too Personally
+The Superpower of Making Good Impressions
Islands I will arrive at on my Febrewery route
+Floating Playground!
+LGBTQ Quaker gathering, aka FAMILY REUNION!!
+My first adventure with Starfleet Fiber Arts Corps on Ravelry!
+Choir season starts again!
Pebbles in my shoe:
+Finding the balance between overspending and underspending
+My increased drive toward Bee-Longing (bzzzzzz…) and the associated Anxiety Bee.
+All the body stuff
+What am I forgetting?
Things I would like to experience in Febrewery
+Bee Longing/Member Ship
+Sustainable bursting of creativity (pollination!)
+Real friendship
+Balance
+Solid footing (literal and metaphorical)
Clues for February
+flags
+a crumpled note that isn’t for me
+seashells
+the color of whales
+the word Building
Resources & Allies for February
+Shiva Nata
+Audrey the Dragon
+My Quakers
+Whales (not sure why, but I’m going with it!)
+My dad
Hello, February! For me, you are the Moon of Springing, and I would love to be your friend.
Superpowers:
–Renewal
–Inspiration
–Wit
I invoke:
–The usual suspects: Love, Creativity, and Play!
Anticipations:
–Imbolc (it’s here!
–The Day of Leap!
Apprehensions:
–What will the weather be?
–Can I change the way I interact with the 14th?
I want to experience:
–Brilliant ideas
–Creative energy
–Healing the Money Dragon
Mysterious clues and allies:
–Goddesses.
–Art supplies.
–My crown (and the me who wears it)
–Sleep.
–My voice.
@Risa — oh I had to go look up the Roman origins of February and thank you for that very important clew! Februa, purification and washing. And I needed to know about Lupercalia too somehow — especially relevant as I live on Palatine Hill (the Portland one, not the Roman one) and so there’s something I need to know about both purification, celebration, and cave-seeking. Thank you!
(Hmm. Actually I work on Palatine Hill. I don’t live here, as me-from-one-moment-ago wrote. More clews!)
Goodbye, January. We had our ups and downs. You started very well with a trip to Couer d’Alene, getting stuff down, good times with the boyo. The semester started, also a mixed bag. Some blah, some stress, some happy. Snow, flower bulbs, a robin, sunrises and sunsets.
Hello, February!
I like you, February, for the same reasons I like Imbolc and Groundhog’s Day. This is midwinter, and the first signs that spring is on the way appear. But we are not rushing, we are taking things in their own time.
February started with a lot of anger and frustration and tears, but also with rain, which is always refreshing and comforting and reminds me of home. I suppose it’s hard to really make changes until it’s shoved in your face that something isn’t working. And Imbolc is a time of healing.
And February shall end with a trip to Chicago!
Things I’m apprehensive about:
The stucks will stay stuck. That the things that didn’t work in January will continue to not work in February.
February Super Powers!
The super power of creativity.
The super power of growth.
The super power of love and insight and clarity.
The super power of dreams.
Five clews for February:
1. A wine glass.
2. The color green.
3. A knocked over garbage can.
4. Fleece.
5. That bump in the wall.
You are very welcome, @Jesse! I had a “zing!” moment for both rituals, and it made me VERY happy, so I am extra glad you found it to be helpful. (Even more so since I used to use the screenname “lupa” everywhere, with much love to the Roman icon!)
February is apparently paradox: I am borrowing from Havi “cautious not worrying” and “flexible ritual”. And I will add Ease about the current and Progress towards future. The best of all possible worlds.
*Superpowers
Resisting the urge to follow advice
Patience
Top-of-the-head ideation pointing to a clew
Decluttering to see what I WANT to do
*Things I look forward to and wish to experience
Start of corned beef season?
Untangling related issues: picking one thing at a time
Reminders of smart thoughts I’ve had before*** (aka read journal)
*Things I am apprehensive about–and the plan!
Chocolate — see corned beef and other filling proteins
Worrying about V-day being perfect — make it messy! and expect nothing; give what you want to get (reassurance!!)
*Allies
My valentine
Barbara Sher (finally reading one of her books)
shrink(y-dink)
craft store clearance sale
*** BTW, can I review all my previous comments on this blog convenientlY?
@Rachel: I want to see that movie. It looks funny.
Hello, February!
I am happy to see you. Generally, your moon is the Moon of Puddles, Raindrops, and Restlessness. However, I think this year, your moon will be the Blossoming Moon.
I like you. I often grow restless and long for warmer weather during you, but you are really the month in which nature starts to unfurl and blossom, and I love and appreciate that about you so much. Even though I often forget this and think it happens in March.
Things I would like to experience:
Possibility
Magic
Spaciousness
fairy tales
wanting what I want
more spontaneity, especially related to outings with the pup
Wholeness
Ease and Flow and Momentum
progress on the learning of Spanish
more integration and living of epiphanies
Surprise and Delight
a plane ticket
Belonging and Welcoming and Abundance
even more bluebird sightings
Superpowers:
Permission and Presence
Living wholeheartedly
Extreme affinity and capacity for pleasure
Finding the openings
Clues:
sparkling water
a blue bird flitting from gutter to tree
sunlight
dandelion seeds
Joyful Living
My february will be (so I gwish!):
Lots and lots of discovery. A dizzying amount of discovery.
Lots of assiduous returnings of expectations (from others and past-me…)
Lots of laughter.
Lots of intuitive “mm-hmm”s.
Lots of permission.
Lots of pause.
Lots of openness and curiosity.
Exploration with gentleness.
Organic flowering. Intentful walks. Beautifying.
Lots and lots and lots and lots of Shiva Nata.
Love to all other commenter mice.
I have a couple of reactions that I wanted to put out here while I’m thinking of them. Maybe later I’ll post a Hello February.
Yesterday was Marmot Day, Whistle Pig Day, and Land Beaver Day. Also Woodchuck Day. (Alternative names for the you-know-what.) Today I hope to celebrate Woodchuck Day by chucking wood. Really. There’s a stack of firewood that needs to be moved.
And “mission-ready” makes me think of NASA and trips to the moon. Reaching out. Exploring. Expanding the universe! Courage and excitement.
That fits with my Thing of “Cabo Bojador”. And five long-term goals.
Not like “combat mission” and “mission creep” (which sounds creepy!).
Welcome to February!
I have never in my entire life welcomed February with such wide-open arms. And THAT is a shift for me, a self-proclaimed February-fearer. So there’s the upside of a January that kicked my @$$.
One thing unstuck.
Thanks for writing!
How is is that it seems just about every one I know had such trials this January?! Ahhhhhh. So glad to move on to February too. HELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO February! Thanks, Havi. p.s. Shiva Nata on love, love that.