Nothing Changes On The Outside...
Sunday
A run round a rather rainy Richmond park was an absolute delight...
It was also a running thoroughfare !
I was taken back to thirty five years ago, my first run around this beautiful place... No set pathway then, and we passed not one other runner...
The deer were evident though, deer, muddy pathways and the beauty that lies tucked away from the traffic and rush of modern day life..
Just like now, except there is more 'going on' cyclists and runners and suddenly above us I heard the squawk of a green parrot, and I watched it zinging by, long pointy tail, and my soul resonated with a delighted swoop of flying freedom...
Once more Starbucks was our breakfast and we enjoyed porridge and coffee amongst the folk of Richmond in jackets and scarves, brights hats... Taking off their gloves as they crossed the threshold, Sunday papers under their arm...
Anadi came back with our drinks
'I really get now, the attraction of sitting over a coffee, and flipping through a paper...'
Over the past three years, I have shown him an integral part of my world and it would appear that he likes it!
We only find out if the world of another resonates with us by journeying there... By trying new experiences and being in a situation...
It is the same with any reading or teaching...
We only find out by finding out what resonates with us...
We must make no one our authority... In our investigation back to ourself, we only need listen to our inner response, and discard the conditioning, the scripts, the beliefs that we have been imprinted with...
Instead if we listen, our heart will tell us and lead us...
Monday
We journeyed to Buxted Park, one of our homes that I love so much... My energy resonates with this hotel and with this area...
I love running in the lanes, I love 'living' with our friends here...
As I left breakfast on Monday I saw a familiar site from my childhood, of sheets down in front of the fire, and the poles lying in straight organised bundles...
'Oh wow, the chimney is going to be swept' I exclaimed...
The sweep arrived and told me he was a third generation chimney sweep, and that the brushes worked better, in his opinion, than the new motorised brushes...
His grandfather started the business after the war, and his father took over in the seventies... He and his brother have now been running the business since 2010, and he has a nephew who wants to take over from them when the time comes....
Thursday
I have loved my time here... I have seen many clients and I do very much enjoy actually 'being' with people... Although, I am more than thankful for Skype and phone and email, as it definitely keeps the dialogues going...
This morning I ran on the treadmill - it was a bit of a blur as my alarm had woken me of a deep deep sleep, and so I was on the treadmill and running towards my delicious breakfast before I knew it...
After breakfast I had arranged to have a coffee with Tom...
Tom was here in the very beginning when I set up the fitness and leisure centre in the late 80's... He was very instrumental in expanding my career, introducing me to many new clients in London through the 90's...
And today we talked about old times and about now...
Marc our friend now, who is the food and beverage manager here, joined us...
I was struck, as I sat enjoying the connection, the conversation and the coffee, how nothing changes except our inner landscape....
