About Us:
Would you be a partner with me and help me do the following for you and the world:

1. Can we listen and provide what the other person needs and not what we think or desire the person to want or have.
2. Can we remind each other to love the world and love the people we dislike or hate as we love each other.
3. Can we love, create and nurture something bigger then each of us or both of us together.

These 3 tenants seem like a prescription for long-term happiness.

About You:
When I think hard about how I evolved and what is important for lifelong partner compatibility, I come up with the following very short and simple description:

"Funny vegetarian non drinker who is spiritual, kind, very grateful, does not watch TV and has some kind of meaningful work."

Kindness and a sense of profound gratefulness are by far the 2 most important qualities. These 2 core qualities are eminently more important to me than your preferences for entertainment, hobbies, etc.

About Ron:

I'm a very odd combination: very success orientated and very spiritual. I can bond deeply with a woman who also has some of both qualities.

I am Italian, originally from New York and have a very strong sense of family and friends. However, I am not the traditional Italian man you think you may know. No macho charade...I do Yoga, meditate and can laugh at myself and can crack you up in a NY minute and when you need it most. I am not a New Yorker turned California wimp dharma boy. You know the type...calm, soft spoken, spiritual, moves slowly, would never be direct, let's you get away with anything...no that's not me.

I have east coast energy, deep presence and wild passion for all that I decide to focus on in life. But, I ignore a lot of things like TV, spectator sports, drinking alcohol, eating processed foods and mainstream commercialism. No, I am not a goody two shoes. I just have a razor sharp mind and I'm on a path of spiritual awakening. It's what happens when you can start to see through your own conditioning and all the garbage your mind makes up.

During the week, I am a hard working CEO of a software company that I founded over a decade ago. On weekends, you're likely to find me at a lecture learning something new, reading an outstanding book, salsa dancing, catching a new movie, swimming in the cold San Francisco Bay, bike riding or taking pictures of people and nature.

Over a decade ago, I decided to give up caffeine, alcohol and meat as a 30 day experiment after a Tony Robbins seminar. But, I never ended the experiment :) I did it for general health and to better respect all animals that I love. I am not an alcoholic or have a drinking problem. I still enjoy a glass of wine on occasion, but it's generally rare that I drink.

I don't look like a hippie, but my thinking/habits are not mainstream. I eat 75% raw foods/mostly plants, meditate most days, read 3-4 books/month and disconnected my TV 3 years ago to minimize commercialism.

Warmly,

Ron