Acknowledgments

I send love and gratitude to:

• God, for everything.

•.Susan Pagán, friend and business partner, for supporting the idea of this web site from the beginning, finding the free web site template (at freecsstemplates.org) with the yellow butterfly (my lucky symbol), helping me with the design of the Choose One Step logo, and providing inspiration for some of the stories I wrote, among other valuable contributions.

• Paola Malicki, friend and web designer, for generously employing her talent, efficiency, time and patience, and doing a GREAT job customizing, re-creating, and completely transforming this web site.

• .Fabiola Hansen, friend, for her ongoing support and inspiration, and for providing part of the concept for this web site, along with some of the information under the Environment section.

•..Michael Candelaria, friend and our own magazine editor, for proofing the entire web site text.

•..Beata Ksel, friend and our own magazine photographer (kselphotography.com), for doing a great job on my photos for the Contact Me page.

•..Laura B, friend and fellow New Age seeker, for providing the funny tag line: "The Web Site for the Obsessive Compulsive New Age Seeker."

•..Kristin Rogers, friend, for her quirky sense of humor, and for going out of her way to make sure that the first s'more I've ever tasted was absolutely perfect (in January 2007, at a campfire birthday celebration she hosted at her place when I turned 44)!

•..My mother and father, for receiving me here, loving and supporting me in the very best ways they know how, partially molding who I am, and providing me with plenty of inspiration (even when they didn't know they were inspiring me).

•..Fabio, Gustavo and Ivan, the best bros I could have ever wished for.

•..Wania Howard, friend, for also being my "adoptive" mom.

•..Janet Maldonado, for her wonderful laughter, generosity and purity of heart.

•..Candace and Cathy (Sue's kids) and Isabella (Fabiola's daughter) for bringing so much light to my life.

•..All my other friends and family, for their love, support and inspiration.

•..My yoga teacher, Sri Ekan Nithya, AKA Isaac (lakecenteryoga.com), for getting me started on my spiritual path, and for being an extremely patient teacher.

• Every master, teacher, guru, etc, I've ever known, ascended or earthbound, for their love, support, teachings, guidance, healing, protection and unconditional love.

•..Everyone who's trying their best to bring about change in small or big ways.

•..Myself, for putting some hard work into this project and getting it done, and just for being me.

•..Last but not least, my soul mate, with whom I'm to share love, light and laughter. I dedicate the following poem to him, written on the evening I felt our hearts touch for the first time.

Our Hearts Touched

Before words were spoken
and promises were made
Before our hands held each other
Our close embraces became closer
And our lips exchanged moist secrets
in tender abandonment
Before we built moments together,
And friendship evolved into love
Before our passion was allowed to erupt
and carry us in its molten river
Before our souls decided time had come
to share a path, a meaning, a life
Long before our minds finally knew
with that certainty so important to mortals
and meaningless to angels
Our hearts touched

©2007 Gisele Marasca 12/19/07