Hi Jill, thanks for your comment. Whether you have 5-year, 1-year, 1-month or 1-week goals, they are yours and no one has the right to prevent you from achieving them.

In life when one truly wants to achieve something, there will always be relatives, partners, friends, colleagues, etc., who will tell you that you will not attain them because of x, y and z. It could be they want to protect you, or they feel that they'll lose you, or just plain old jealousy that you know what you want and they do not.

Whatever your goals, just keep focussed and you will get what you really want. Joy.

...Dan is saying that b/c I am a liberal agnostic with a strong bent towards saving the environment, that I will not find like-minded people in OK...

I like this idea, Joy. You are right on. Much as I decry my computer oriented life, it really helps organize communities, doesn't it?

...Having your priorities set in your mind really does help you with your life choices!

Thinking about my priorities helped me set up this whole thing in AZ with my new home. I realized I did NOT want to be in Oklahoma and I did NOT want to keep moving. I realized I wanted to be in AZ. So then it was a matter of being open to ways of making being in AZ happen.

Thanks Joy. Following my heart is difficult. Since I have a naturally flakey personality, I tend not to trust it. So I've closed it off over the years and made one mistake after the other in following my head.