Up in the air

Somewhere in between

Well, here I am, up in the air somewhere in between Sacramento where I live and Minneapolis, a northerly Midwestern American city where I often stop over on my way to my other homeland, the Netherlands. Minneapolis is a place where, until recently, it was many degrees below freezing, the kind of place I would prefer not to be in winter. Yet, when I looked online yesterday, I saw that it is almost spring-like there at the moment with some nice rain in the 40's (Fahrenheit that is).

Coming back to roost 

My daughter, Annie, who lives in Amsterdam, told me yesterday as well that spring seems to be in the air there too, just like I am at the moment, She told me that the crocuses are even blooming already and that many of the birds, large and small, are returning to the trees and canal right outside her apartment, coming back to roost from their winter adventures and ready to celebrate.

A few more weeks

Not that winter is over yet, I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks for its official appearance, but just the idea of milder weather, with the song of happy birds and the warmth of kind sunrays on my face, make this trip back to the Old World feel so idyllic.

Fear of flying

I'll have to admit, however, that I do suffer from fear of flying. It is one of the few drawbacks about getting myself from here to there. Yet, as I say this, I sit here with my very first little computer netbook, thousands of feet above solid ground, smiling to myself in a little world of my own. It really is quite amusing, all this magical new technology--I've never used a computer thousands of feet in the air! And I notice how much of a distraction it is, I don't even seem to mind when we hit that awful turbulence that makes the plane bob up, down, and to the sides. I'm too engrossed in writing this these little paragraphs, thrilled at the wonder of it all.

From faint-hearted to timeless

Next to this marvelous technology, I've got this other special bag of tools with me and it’s even easier to carry around than this new little netbook: my intuitive and healing tools which can help me in my present fragile emotional state. Using my trusty and miraculous Intuïtieve Ontwikkeling tools I've been carrying around in my mind, body, and spirit for the past 35 years or so, I can actually go from faint-hearted aging baby-boomer, to timeless spiritual warrior on a quest. This quest is an adventure of sharing, and I am returning, very much like those birds next to my daughter's apartment, to a place I love to migrate to and from, an adventure which started way back in the spring of 1977.

Except for faith

That fateful year, I landed in a foreign land ready to experience a mystery of unfolding events. I hadn't the slightest idea what I would be doing from one day to the next, but I was full of confidence that whatever happened would be good for me because I was willing to let go of all my expectations---except for the faith that it would be good. Interesting things happen when a person decides to do this.

Sleepless nights

When life turns into an exciting movie, the details of which simply could not be fathomed beforehand, I believe it is partly a sign that we have been able to trust. God knows it is not easy to have this trust. How many sleepless nights have I had in my life wondering if I was up to the quest? Yet, I must tell you; this trust has not failed me yet, although it has given me lots of scary moments.

Perhaps

If you are feeling up in the air about yourself and your life, and if the impending spring is enticing you into action and causing you to decide to know more about how to face yourself in your life's movie of adventure, in all its drama, passion, joy and pain---and if you are searching for more peacefulness and trust in your daily life---please join me at various locations in the Netherlands this month, and, if you can’t make it, then consider finding yourself a good place where you can learn more about the liberating principles of Intuïtieve Ontwikkeling. Or, perhaps you can even do both.

P.S.

I will be speaking twice at the Onkruidbeurs in Houten on Sunday March 21; and I will also be giving a workshop in Amersfoort on Sunday, March 28th. I hope you can join me in one of these events!

(As synchronicity would have it, I have just discovered there is a movie playing on this airplane entitled Up in the Air.... I guess I’ll have to watch it!)