Just when I was starting to cave under public opinion and feel bad about being away for so long (three months), this week I met a truly fabulous woman who set me straight.
I was massaging her and in our initial consultation/chat (as she hadn't been to see me before), she mentioned that she had been to Tibet many times. And, had lived in Lhasa for about two years while she studied Tibetan language at the university there.
Where she really won my heart was when she told me that after her first trip, about six weeks I think, she got home, cried for 10 days, rang her husband and said "I need to go back", and she did.
How courageous - of her. How kind and understanding - of him.
Of course we talked more, and her husband has had times where he has travelled after his heart calling too. And they work it out. How inspiring when you meet people who take this step up into their authentic selves!
I so know that whack of mixed emotion when getting off the plane at Melbourne airport. Wonderful to be home, fantastic to see all the people you love, when can I go back again? When you really connect with a place, with a people, you are forever torn. When somewhere other than your home becomes a heart place to you, you are forever counting the days to when you return there.
What a blessing.
Then we are truly awake in the world.
Mahlo, one of my favourites places anywhere, forever.
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