WHY HAVE I COME?
Reflections on the Intensive – Ringwood, NJ October 2007
And again I return to this peaceful place of new beginnings
where my journey began.
The mountains and the trees are as I remember them,
a constant for me,
and I am filled with a sense of coming home.
But much is different for me this time.
There are few familiar faces,
Old friends nowhere around.
I notice this and my mind speaks:
Why have I come?
But in my heart I already know the answer.
For this is where I began to grow,
where my small inner voice dared to speak
and another me emerged.
It is where I learned to fly.
I became my own loving mirror and
smiled at my reflection.
You all remind me of my early steps on a new pathway,
and I am grateful for the reminder . . .
To be embraced by the chi . . .
To trust the process of becoming . . .
And to continue the journey now with new friends
And a heightened awareness.
