Stretching myself in India

where else in the world??? :)
When I decided to try my luck and move to Asia, specifically South-East Asia there was one country that was definitely not on my list to visit: India. The few people I met from this country gave me the impression that this is a land of secrets and suppressed desires. I want to live my life freely, trusting the people around me and therefore I had no wish to come here. Of course what happened in fact was the contrary: on the conference in Sri Lanka I met a wonderful person from an Indian NGO who believes in the same direction that I do and that made me inspired to change my direction and pay a visit to the ancient land.
My experience so far is pleasantly surprising. I am astonished by the cultural richness, although the richness comes with the striking diversity. People do not understand each other once they leave their own state. A Tamilian cannot understand a Maharastran if he has not had the chance to learn Hindi...Ironically, English, the language of the colonialists, is the link between people coming from different parts of this enormous country.
And I cannot help but feeling stupid by the fact how little we "Westerners" know about this country...
In the midst of personal crisis, am pondering about the bigger picture and feeling my limitations. never too late to learn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4m-j2o7yUk

Long time - no see: does not mean am not writing

Long time, indeed. I have escaped into other ways of letting out my thoughts and feelings, but now slowly, but surely am coming back to the realization that I need to write, write, write! to find my balance and letting out load what is going on in my (sometimes confused:) mind.

I have been enjoying the safety of my MSLS community since September and letting go of my worries of not knowing what the future holds for me. I have embraced the motto of one of our course here: leading from the future as it emerges. Beautiful thought - just it is bloody difficult to rely on and be patient enough to trust that everything will be all right in the end. So lately, my thoughts have been wandering around future and finding out where my passion is leading me...

Even though, I have been studying in the last two years, I still feel the need of learning - however, this time it is a different and maybe more challenging field: self-mastery. having participated in the authentic leadership training last week, I felt the call for more mindfulness in my life and conveying my message by leading by example rather than preaching. I crave for meditation and authentic present moments from masters who have been enlightened from an early age on. That could be one of the reasons why my compass is in the direction of SouthEast Asia...

Another passion is the relationship with people and dogs. I do love helping people and I do love the interaction with dogs and as per Misch's advice, why cannot I pair the two together and do something for personal development?

And then comes my ever-growing passion for educating children. Being a teacher, being a daughter and a granddaughter of teachers, it does form my perception and vision on education. And my lovely thesis is on this topic as well :)

So enough ideas to digest and combine and then distill. Ah well, it is gonna be another f***ing learning experience. :)

welcome and farewell at the end with this lovely song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpjiYmjXh4&ob=av2e