May Newsletter

Dear Friends,

I very much like the feeling of our May Theme:

Having explored with Friends what balance mean, these days I have a very keen sense of when I am heavy (because of taking myself too seriously) and when I am lighter.

So, my intention for the month ahead is to make myself lighter and lighter, which does not mean light-headed! lol (…the latter is easy for me!;) As the prospects for the month stand, I will be most supported in this my endeavour, for to become heavy will simply mean that I will immediately stumble!

Please enjoy Lady Elizabeth’s lovely sharing!!

With all my love,
(BH)
Milen

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My dear friends,

Happy May Day! Happy Month!

Our theme this month could not have arrived at a better time for me! My plate is not only full, it is EXTRA full! 😉

Our Theme – Touching the world lightly

THE HUNTER IS CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITIES AS A HUNTER AND THEREFORE DOES NOT FEEL THE NEED TO WORRY. WORRY CAUSES MAN TO CLING FRANTICALLY TO HIS WORLD, WHATEVER THAT WORLD MAY BE, AND BY CLINGING HE DEPLETES BOTH HIMSELF AND HIS WORLD.

This week is my ‘travel back to Europe week’ with packing up and all that entails.. It is also financial moth end and all that that entails for me in my day job. It is also my cousin’s 80^th birthday with all its festivities – and the reason why I’m still in Cape Town. It is also anticipated our long overdue conversion of all our desktop to online accounting systems appear to be coming to a head – 3 months late!

Oh, and the cherry on top of the cake – I am facilitating the pinnacle course of ISM, Frontiers of the Self, in Estonia in just over two weeks’ time!

Not enough? Lol! I am experiencing 3 weekly leg rehab sessions plus loads of hot yoga classes whilst I have great yoga teachers and hot studios to attend..

In short, Life is FULL! Ex-citing! Not a dull moment! Lol!

I continuously remind myself panic is not a strategy! Lol! As I have learned over the years, if I do not worry, if I trust the process of life, time somehow expands to facilitate my fitting in all that I need to.

So my approach these days is to expect the unexpected!

THE IMPECCABILITY OF A WARRIOR DOES NOT ALLOW HIM TO BECOME OBSESSED WITH THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF HIS ACTIONS. WINNING OR LOSING IS NOT IN ANY WAY HIS CONCERN– HE IS MERELY ABSORBED IN THE CHALLENGE OF THE MOMENT. TO BECOME OBSESSED IS TO LOSE CONTROL, SOMETHING A WARRIOR CANNOT AFFORD TO DO, FOR A WARRIOR MUST BE CALM AND ALWAYS KEEP HIS WITS ABOUT HIM.

Unexpected? Letting go of the outcome? Touching the world lightly? Let’s see! Lol!

For our recent online retreat I booked a venue for myself at the beautiful Hydro Spa in Stellenbosch. I needed a quiet and uplifting environment. All the boxes were ticked until 3 days before – a 305 kph wind ripped through this suburb and power and access to hot water was lost!

Far from arriving at the venue where all was laid on for me, I had to scrounge around the resort for all the bits I needed to set up my zoom room! Even the flowers had all blown away!😧

Somehow a plan came together and I prepared a lovely room and was ready to go! Start 4pm!

At 3,20 pm the internet went down! Plus my laptop battery was flat, along with my ear pods!!!

Lolol!

I KNEW in that moment I just had to let go of the outcome! Had to trust Life.
Had to let go of any grim determination!

With my quickened pulse rate I had yet to see the funny side though! LAMOF!

The internet was restored with 15 minutes to go! Whew!!

My preferred approach now to this thing called “adulting”:-

“Life is NOT a serious matter! Life is FUN! Laughter is FUN! Tears are FUN! Battles are FUN! Winning and losing is FUN! You see, my friend, life is meant to be EN-GAGED and EN-JOYED just for WHAT it is – Life! 

Life only ever becomes a serious matter when you set about trying to FIX it with GRIM DETERMINATION! LOL! Learn instead to EN-JOY life, like a butterfly that loves to fly from flower to flower, for no other reason than that it CAN fly!”

Have fun with our theme this month, my friends. I will see you on “the other side!”

With all my love and warm hugs,
Elizabeth