Today with our morning off I slept in until almost ten! Threw my clothes on to get to breakfast before they took the food away. After, myself and four other women took a short walk through the Swiss forest to the Fletschhorn Hotel. It is a beautiful little place tucked into the side of the mountain with an incredible view. On the top floor there is a small gallery of paintings and sculpture. In the restaurant and hallways are other great works. We had a leisurely walk, wandered through the art, taking many photos, and then sat on the patio drinking coffee and sharing dessert (for lunch!) Part of me had a hard time settling in because I had planned to do work today. When I returned there was only an hour until class. Ahhhhh, deep breath and settling into the lovely, peaceful place I am in, letting go of the shoulds… piano music from our artist-in-residence playing in the background, my door open and the fresh Alpine air drifts in. The memory of the roasted apful tart still lingers in my mouth. Ahhhhh, another deep breath. Yes, I am here and I am blessed.
My horoscope today says: Today you may be more intrigued by what you don't know than by what you do know. You have a sense that you're missing something and this motivates you to delve beneath the surface to find what's hidden. You may strike gold as you uncover a treasure of information that leads you in a new direction. But then again, you might already have all the data you need.
This sounds like the last two weeks!
This was a big heart opening day. Lots of tears as I watched my fellow comrades make friends with their demons. Which allowed me to cozy up to mine a bit, too. I ended the school day walking my teacher and mentor home and being reminded once again that I am right where I am supposed to be. The best I can do to describe my day is to say, “If I die before I wake, I will die a very happy camper!”
The question I end my day with is, can we face our demons alone or do we need others to help us see them? Or to see them more clearly? It is interesting that the word demon originally meant guiding spirit. Though the word has been awarded a negative spin, I can see how the things we fear CAN be our guiding spirits. They show us where our work needs to be done and a new path to take, if we can walk through, rather than around.
All right, too late to be getting into all this, I need to rest my weary brain!
xoxo
Tish
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