Date women from United States / California / Menlo Park, 45 year old

Date someone special from Menlo Park, United States. life is amazing...love, friends, family, work, play...all of it. how can anyone be bored and sour when every day brings a new beginning and new adventures? it amazes me when people go through the day with a bad attitude and the inability to see beauty and humor in all things...no matter what we go through. Embrace it...seize the moments and live.

Meet a soulmate from Menlo Park, United States. Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

What intrigues me most about people is: what makes you different today than say a year ago. Do you know? Are you experiencing growth in your relationship with yourself and others? What are you putting your heart on and what is most important to you? My life feels full and real. I am open and paying attention (I try). Most of my friendships are long-term and stand the test of time. I am fortunate to have a very select group of people who are my friends and know most everything about me. I have close contact with my family as well. I believe our lives are about relationships. My friendships and relationships are very close and intimate. This means there is an honesty and trust present that allows us to be who we are no matter what. We work it out and our bond deepens as a result. I am seeking this kind of relationship with a lover as well. I’m not looking for perfection. I just want a relationship where someone is paying close attention and wants to learn and grow. This means sometimes we will encounter struggles and difficulties and we have awareness that the way we handled these challenges today has improved immensely from how we have handled them in the past. I have spent much time alone and have benefitted tremendously. I enjoy myself and am okay being alone, however, I have come to realize when I am happiest I am deeply involved in a relationship with a lover filled with intimacy, passion and awareness. I am studying to be a nurse. While doing so I am working with my family and with a national non-profit organization that inspires me. I grew up in a family very drawn to the arts. My dad was a television director and eventually landed in advertising representing semiconductor companies shortly after this area became “High-Tech Heaven,” and was coined the “Silicon Valley.” He retired to Spain just after my daughter was born seventeen years ago. My daughter will be a senior in high school soon and now lives with her dad. I have two brothers. My older brother was a Ranger in the U.S. Army and has a strong interest in photography, and my younger brother makes his living as an essayist, sports journalist, and documentary filmmaker. I love photography as well. I once started making a short film (I still have 48 hours of footage) but I never finished it. The subject matter is timeless so maybe I will someday. In my early twenties most of my experience with photography was in front of the camera and more recently I enjoy being behind the lens documenting life in still shots, doing collage, and making cards. It’s fun and it is a way for me to share my life with those I love. One of my friendships that I appreciate the most is a relationship through pictures. A friend from college lives in Washington and we communicate almost daily (through email/text) via images. It’s inspiring and I love the simplicity of her life. It reminds me of the Amish. I love being a mom and have a better relationship with my daughter’s father now than I did when we were together. We share 50% custody and both volunteer our time where she goes to school. He’s the La Crosse coach and I am the team parent keeping score at all the games and making baked goods as often as I can. I wish I would have had more children but time passed by so quickly and here I am. I suppose a miracle is possible but at this point it’s probably unlikely. I raised my daughter alone, since she was almost two, so I do not know what it is like to be with someone and share all the experiences that come with having a loving relationship and family. It’s one of my biggest regrets. I have always dreamed of meeting a guy who could meet me where I am at physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. You know, someone who could be my equal on that television show "The Amazing Race."
All my best to you,
Lisa

Date a woman from Menlo Park, United States. I love eye-opening and heartfelt conversations, long summer nights with friends, lovers and family; time in nature; and in all of it appreciating the mystery of life. That leads to so many adventures...or at least some sense of deeper understanding when I'm lucky!
I am passionate about meditation, yoga and related spiritual path programs, about making a difference in the world and seeking deeper meaning. I spent a time in my life on the career wheel (saving the world can be a career, right?) but came to find the obvious thing - that sharing deep fearless love and being there through it all is what matters. Deeply liberating, terrifying at times, but that open-heartedness draws me back time and again.
I find real joy skiing, snorkeling, sailing and white water rafting (the rare times I get to it), and (as you might have guessed from my tagline) pretty much anything that involves the ocean. I enjoy being healthy and fit, and have real affinity for nature—I may be a mermaid at heart, but also love the solidity and serenity of the mountains.
I enjoy the arts, especially live music, festivals and the performing arts, the sensuality of the arts, creative souls, new ways of seeing, great design, exploring new places and new cultures (travelled a decent amount as a result), people and ideas that challenge the status quo, and those cool inventions you canРІР‚в„ўt believe you didnРІР‚в„ўt think of first.
I have a good life, I tend to be optimistic and happy and always interested in life. My friends say I'm experiential, self-aware, generous and loving, and enjoy those small moments of discovery and wonder... And I also have my analytical, grounded, independent side, am intellectually curious, care about what is happening in the world and have an activist bent. Learning and growing, and my spiritual path are core for me. ...where are the role models for practical idealist mermaids these days?
I value true partnership, honest and open communication (and try to actually stay true to that :-), the process of growth in/through a relationship, passionate connection, 'having each other's back' and knowing none of us are perfect (and yet each so perfectly ourselves, lol!)
Well, that's enough about me...
I'm attracted to a man who is comfortable in his own skin; who can be goofy and laugh at me and himself, is curious, and who is happy with his life and his picture of what it can be. Someone who wants to share his life and who also has his own interests, and who enjoys being physical and physicially fit.
I can picture traveling this journey of life with a man who is grounded and charting his path, and who also has that side of being a seeker, activist, entrepreneur and/or soul-searcher ...who values growth, who has his own spiritual life and is cool with mine.
Please let me know if this might be you!

Meet someone special from California, United States. I have a full life that I love, just looking for someone to enjoy it with. My son means the world to me, and we have a great time at the beach, biking, playing kickball, and Lego Ninjago.:) I like my job and the people I work with a lot. I have a great family and wonderful friends. I'm (slowly) training for a half-marathon and also hoping to ride my first century in the Fall. Always trying to find the right balance between my son, work, staying fit and spending time with friends and family. I'm looking for my best friend, a true partner and someone who can take life in stride.
I'm honest, open, and optimistic, but sarcastic, too.You are intelligent, fun, and witty, but kind. It's hard to find someone you really click with, but worth it when you do.