We Can Heal In Each Interaction...
We are leaving Phi Phi Island; we have done our time here and this morning Anadi booked us into a lovely hotel for Christmas back on Phuket... I didn't resist!
Today the pace has been slow...
Running has not happened! But a little bit of food eating is happening...
And energy is returning...
The day has been cloudy grey and overcast again; the lack of sun is restful just now.
I exist in a dichotomy as a 'said' free spirit, I find saying goodbye to people sad, even saying goodbye to an island that we are ready to leave...
When I was little I used to be sick before going away on holiday because the change unsettled me; and then I would cry when we had to leave the new place, where even after just a week I had settled into...!
And despite feeling the unhealed grief on this island still tangible, and the sad undercurrents in the energy, it exist alongside warmth and friendship and the spirit of renewal; and we have made connections with the people we have seen each day, who we are friends with now, who have moved towards us...
All at SeaSky have looked after us so well, especially with our tummy bug, bringing us plates of extra fruit, watermelon and pineapple and smiling a lot...
Mel and her staff at the Sunflower Bar greet us warmly, as if we have always been here...
And now we are going...
I am reminded that the most important thing is to keep clearing anything within that might put a barrier up to connection with our fellow human beings; every single interaction that we have with another has the possibility of healing; and so by clearing any of our own unhealed pain from the past, we can be mindful that we can play our part and so heal the world interaction by interaction...
It is all about letting go, of anything within us that blocks us from being present to the here and now.
From this space it becomes natural to truly listen to others, to be capable of real understanding, and so step into the world of another through validating and empathising with their experiences.
And so it is through letting go we can truly connect!
To fully live we must learn to let go, of everything and everyone in every moment; this way we will discover that we are truly connected to the love beyond that which we try to construct or make meaning to through a mental understanding or explanation...
I was sitting on one of the boat bar stools, in the Sunflower Bar, here today; I was writing, and a little local girl was playing around me. She wanted to be friends, there was no barrier in her heart, she raced towards me on her little scooter, stopped at my feet and smiled up at me...
Love in motion
And then one of the cats who live here jumped onto the boat too, and made its way to wherever it was going...
Animals and children display a very pure love, trusting and uncomplicated, as long as they have not been hurt...
Watching relaxed animals and children demonstrates to us how it could be, how we are if we heal the pain of the past and connect to the magical balanced happy child within us...
It is said that Christmas is for Children, and so this time can remind us of our own inner child; the little us that wants to be free to express all that we are, to be relaxed and to play and to love and be loved... and express all this through our adult wisdom and experience...
We are in a land that practices Buddhism and the Buddha is quoted as saying 'being childlike served him well...'
This knowledge can deepen our commitment to our own healing, our own letting go, our own deepening love of ourselves...
As Jesus said... 'Love others as ourselves...'
This leads to an open heart and the ability to love openly and unconditionally...
To heal the world we must heal ourselves...in every moment...
Later
We said goodbye to Mel at Sunflower Bar, we appreciated one another, us for her hospitality, her openness and warmth and she said 'you guys were cool to have hanging here, we'll miss you...'
We were walking along our little path back to our house on the side of rock; 'Anadi...' I called... Quite calmly on reflection! There was a snake on the path right in front of us...!
Anadi stepped on its tail; it coiled up, Anadi leapt ten foot (it seemed) in the air, and landed just behind me... I was about a foot away from the snake and it slithered off...
'Poor little thing' Anadi said ' I trod on it...'
'The poor little thing' turned out to be a venomous monocled cobra, once research on google was carried out...!
Transformation, healing and change seem to be very much in the air....!