Emotionally, it is really hitting home that all of this is real. Yesterday was our visit to the vet to get Colorado's paperwork/ health certificate completed for travel. Both of us are feeling sad about the prospect of leaving her in England, though we know its best for all involved. It has also become increasingly clear just what a frantic pace our life has had the entire time we've lived here and how little time has actually been spent enjoying such a beautiful place. Because of this, we have made a clear decision that this is our home. This doesn't change our plans at all; it is more of a mental shift that provides us the comfort we need to step out into the great unknown. It also signifies an intention to spend more quality time here in the future enjoying the rugged beaches, beautiful trails, and funky downtown vibe.
All of that said, we are still very much looking forward to our time in England which we intend to spend 'doing' very little. Instead we want to just be; this is the space where we believe spiritual deepening can take place and our passions and bliss will be given room to reveal themselves more clearly. If we are ever to make such things as a charity project occur, we have to be very grounded in spiritual practice and knowing ourselves.
There are still many tiny details to arrange, but, in truth, the big stuff is done, and all we have to do now is allow our plans to unfold. The CELTA course will begin very soon now. We have a lovely sounding three days in Portland with Mom and Nick that we are truly looking forward to (we have vowed to do nothing preparatory so that we can begin this practice of 'just being'), and then we are on the course and off to England and beyond. It is sinking in quite quickly that it's all for real, and so we are excited and scared all at once, and that is exactly as it should be.
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy." - Robert Louis Stevenson
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