I am back. I say this not even sure this is an accurate statement. My physical body is back but my heart and spirit is now with Colombia. I am in my office completely in awe of what happened these past 2.5 weeks. You see what has transpired has been a wild, beautiful and amazing trip.
I will do my best to share. I have been asking for travel, adventure, love, passion and time to play. Specifically, with a partner… but what I got was not what I had envisioned. It was even better!!!
I lost our money (twice), I lost my prescription sunglasses, lost both our water bottles , our brand new selfie stick, a couple of pounds from the belly …and the sinus infection that I had for 3 months. As well, I lost the need to always be doing something, the need for frequent snacks, and the need to know what we are doing every minute of the day. What I got in return was deep relaxation in my waking state, fun, wonder, adventure, and love. I also received appreciation for my body, the beauty that exuded out of my skin. There was full heart expansion for all the beauty of nature, complete trust in the process. Let me share quick story
What I’m realizing is that I’m not the same. I learned that everything I thought was missing was already there. Basically, I have been looking for something outside of me to bring me happiness.
The key was to trust. Trust myself, trust my partner, trust that everything was conspiring to work in our favor. In that decision I found freedom to be me!! I really didn’t need a lot. I was able to let go of some baggage. Literally…everything I needed for 2.5 weeks I carried on my back! This meant I didn’t even have any make up for my trip. except mascara and chapstick. FYI I am girl who likes makeup 😉
I began to feel lighter, my body felt strong, and I was so happy…like all the time;) Every couple of days we were traveling and I could feel excitement to see what was next 🙂 My partner kept commenting how nice it was to see me smiling and laughing. Even when he wasn’t sure himself what the next thing was going to bring….
Story time—
Traveling in a very poor section, desolate, non touristy part of the country our Tuk Tuk 🛺 driver could not find our hotel. (There is no GPS) He had his 4 year old son asleep on his lap. The roads were extremely bumpy and his son almost bounced out of the TukTuk!!😬 so we volunteered to hold him on our laps. He fell asleep laying in my lap. I can’t tell you how happy I was to be there at that moment. The driver did his best to deliver us to our hotel but none of us had directions to follow. He got a phone call during our ride. He explained that his woman was in the hospital by herself waiting for the doctors to do her hysterectomy. He promised her he would be on his way soon. (Prayers and reiki were sent ASAP) He had to be only 20? He was diligent in making sure we got to our destination . He was telling us his goal was to make it to the US to find work. 🙏
We eventually found the center of town and were able to use a phone to call our hotel and they had someone come get us on motorcycles! I jumped on one and wrapped my arms around the waist of some random guy and proceeded to speed along a dirt road, a rickety questionable bridge and out onto the sandy shore speeding to our hotel.
I felt like I was in a dream✨I was so awe struck by the beauty of this beach, so empty -so inviting🥰 My boyfriend arrives right behind us and asks if I am okay. I smiled and said that was AMAZING !!!
Big relief on his face! He says I thought you were going to kill me..lol😬😅
