Comments on: What Is the American Dream? Shawna Coronado Proves It Is More Than You Think!

By: Shawna Coronado

Shawna Coronado — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:22 +0000

mss and Randy – thank you so much!

Linda – you brought tears to my eyes. The garden seemed like such a simple thing to me when I started it. Little did I know that people would leave me gifts, write love letters for me, and hug me when I walked out the back door. It’s more than a garden.

And living the life I live is not always easy, but IS always filled with the kind of satisfaction I thought someone else might find. Instead it was me.

If that’s not a miracle, I don’t know what is.

Love to all of you – and thanks for writing a comment for me.

Best,

Shawna Coronado

By: Randy Allen Bishop

Randy Allen Bishop — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:04:13 +0000

Hi Shawna,
Great story. I believe the simpler we make our lives the more blessed it becomes. It is always great to connect with another organic gardener.

Randy

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:16:47 +0000

I am a neighbor who benefits from Shawna’s community garden. Not only was it very intriguing to watch as it came together but it served as motivation for me to spend more times outdoors. Now, I am able to look out my front window and see Shawna’s great work as well as look out my back window and see all the great work that I am creating because of Shawna!!

Lady, you have truly been an inspiration and have given me a refuge from the crazy world I in live in Monday – Friday. A million thank yous!!!!

Much gratitude and love
Linda R

By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens

mss @ Zanthan Gardens — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:33:10 +0000

Your description of the American Dream both surprises and appalls me. Is that really what most people think these days? I’m grateful to be so out of touch.

I’ve always thought the American Dream was the ability to be independent and economically secure through one’s own small holding (farm or business and home). As Rob above says, and your own experience illustrates, our lives as workers for large corporations is closer to the serfdom of the Middle Ages than the Revolutionary America.

Glad you found your way out.

By: Shawna Coronado

Shawna Coronado — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:17 +0000

Thanks Gene and Karen – life is definitely about the journey, not the getting there.

Shawna Coronado

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:55:12 +0000

Hi Shawna,
Thank you for sharing your journey.
You have definitely confirm for me that Happiness is truly a inside job…or as Henry David Thoureau
once said”If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors,to live the life which he has imagined,he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Namaste
Karen St.Clair

By: Gene Bowker

Gene Bowker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:42 +0000

WOW. Thanks for sharing your story.

I always enjoy reading your blogs and postings. It is great to learn more about the person behind them!

Gene

http://twitter.com/genewrites

By: Shawna Coronado

Shawna Coronado — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:33:30 +0000

Thanks for your awesome comments. The one thing that has really made an imprint on me – is understanding and living a life where you are more satisfied with yourself. I am happy. How many people are? Happiness is a gift – and it’s all about seeing the world with a simpler view.

Best to all of you!

Shawna Coronado

By: carma

carma — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:14:21 +0000

This is incredibly inspiring. I dream of living the simple life. It is already a lot simpler than most, yet I can’t wait until the day I get to downsize- instead of spending so much time maintaining that which I could live without. Glad that you have been able to get to this place in your life.

By: Nick Pepera

Nick Pepera — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:50:04 +0000

Great post! It is so true how the majority work at a job for all the wrong reasons. Life is way too short and valuable to not enjoy every second we have on this earth!