Having Another Go...!
Saturday afternoon...
I am sipping peppermint tea in a coffee shop - there is a notice on the wall
'You can't buy happiness but you can buy coffee and it's pretty close...'
'I agree with that' I laughed with Anadi...
I feel quite coffee'd up at the moment... (Hence the peppermint tea!) And so it follows, very happy...!
In a sunny climate, in a coffee shop, running a race tomorrow...
When we combine our truth with the yearning of our heart, we know the actions to take which will lead us in the direction of our growth...
Being a nomad asks that I continually 'let go'... It can't be any other way.
I was settled in Gozo, and now I am not there... It feels a dream...
Jamie, Anadi and I sailed away on the ferry yesterday to a new adventure...
All of us...
What is next?
I have found more than ever through this nomadic journey that the more I bring to each moment, the more I am able to live truthfully... How to truly love where I am, even within any vulnerability that arises in not knowing what is next!
This orientation is leading me more deeply into my experience of this life...
As I travel the question I ask myself frequently is what do I want to create? And to take notice of what I am creating... The path unfolding before me...
I have always asked what am I on the earth plane to do? What gifts am I bringing and what is my hearts desire...?
These questions help me to be present wherever I am, and take full responsibility for my life; always honouring that this is my creation, no one else's...!
The answers to my questions have essentially always been the same...
My hearts desire is to run fast and free - preferably in the sun :) - to write, to heal and to sit drinking coffee!
I wrote this question on a blank page in my notebook last week...
'Where am I going...?'
These were the words that came...
Healing Love Joy Energy Running People Journeying Light...
And so I am journeying still towards my own truth, my own heart's desire, my purpose on earth... The Runner's prayer I wrote sixteen years ago is still my prayer today...
'Let love and light shine from my heart,
And as I run,
Let me become,
More me,
More free,
So others can see it,
And find it for themselves'.
A few days ago Janai, the young athlete I met in St Lucia sent me an email...
He was triumphant
I won four gold meddles and silver... I will send you pic by Monday - no one could touch me - gold in the 100 metres - gold in the 200 metres - gold in the 300 metres and a silver in 4x400...
He is following his heart's desire..
Sunday afternoon...
I am back in the cafe... Anadi and I have a cake and coffee meet up planned once I have finished writing this piece!
He is 'programming' in the hotel, and I have just come away from a wonderful full body massage and reflexology with Peijing
My body appreciated it a lot!
This morning we were up early and met up with the Running Crazy gang to catch a bus to Mdina and Rabat...
It is very beautiful there, very old, narrow sandy coloured buildings, and the streets hold a feeling of having watched many people pass along their winding ways...
We found a cafe hidden away, quite dark inside... The expresso coffee machine was broken, but they offered us instant and they had a loo...
Not someone who would normally drink 'instant coffee', the loo seemed the most important thing! The proprietor complained of how their town is frequently taken over with events... He said it was not nice to live there, as all the parking is taken and it wasn't just occasionally, there were things happening two and three times a month...
Anadi commented it might be good for trade...?
'Yes the coffee shops' he said... 'And the bathrooms' he added laughingly...
This is what I found about this old City when I googled....
'The history of Mdina traces back more than 4000 years. According to tradition it was here that in 60 A.D. that the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being shipwrecked on the Islands. Furthermore it is said that St. Paul resided inside the grotto know as Fuori le Mura (outside the city walls) now known as St. Paul's Grotto in Rabat. Lamp lit by night and referred to as "the silent city", Mdina is fascinating to visit for its timeless atmosphere as well as its cultural and religious treasures'.
I enjoyed my run... I felt biomechanically sound, flowing and at ease in my body...
The second half was however much harder than the first!
We were essentially into the wind almost all the way, but that was okay when feeling within myself...
I had decided I would run without looking at my heart rate or my pace or what time I was running... And 'just see what happened...'
I haven't done this for a long while...
And what happened was I ran the first half significantly faster than the second!!
Around 10k the 1 hour 35 minute pace runner went past me...
I did get warming bells then, as I recognised this meant I was running faster than I thought my form could take for a half marathon...
I was right!
I finished in 1 hour 40...
As I walked back to the hotel, ever optimistic, I thought this thought...
That I reckon there is still loads in this body to investigate...
That I can run much faster and that I am enjoying 'having another go' to see what is possible....
