The Culmination of a Month

Today, April 20th, marks the completion of my first month in the international leg of The Quest. There have been many conversations about Art; from the joys of, the enrichments, and the vast difficulties. Talks of religion, tradition, the meta-physical and quantum physics. There have been days of enlightenment and fulfillment along with the most confusing and uninspired days of frustration. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions and such is life. As humans and constant learners and students of life, this is what it is, and what it will be until our last breaths. I am blessed…WE are blessed. The trick now is to manifest that blessing into something tangible. I wish us all luck on the journeys we can never turn away from as they ARE life!

Month 1 Lessons (or reminders):

*Patience is an absolute virtue

- We can’t expect everything to happen overnight. In fact, *expectations of any kind are often detrimental.

- Once we’ve put ourselves “out there,” then we’ve got to patiently listen and be keen on the reception, there is where the next step will be found. 

*Action is the most important key to success

- We have got to put ourselves out there in order to be received. Humility is useless when your voice isn’t heard.

- How can we get anywhere when we’ve got so much to offer but never offer it?

*A solid support group of friends is IMPERATIVE

- A lot of important realizations come from conversation. If you aren’t conversing then you are stagnant…still water doesn’t flow!

- The more like-minded and supportive people you can keep around, the better you can understand the needs of that world, and provide. Leaving you with a clearer purpose (Note: a clearER purpose isn’t necessarily CLEAR).

- Then there’s the fact that we can’t always pick ourselves up off the ground, sometimes we need to be helped to our knees before we can stand on our own again. (did that sound dirty? :P )

+And if for nothing else, then for a place to rest our heads…a very special Thank You to all of my Homes here in Israel. You are all more generous than I could have imagined! But really…you are LIFE savers!!!

And the final lesson:

*LOVE is and always will be right

- It is the fuel that energizes us to be, to try, to work, to learn, to share, to provide, to help, to grow, to live!

-Whatever comes from a place of Love will be “right” (and I don’t even like that word!)   

Stay turned for scenes from the next chapter! ;)