Annie and I put in another 4 hours at La Era and had to leave Isabel to finish off as Frank had only given her enough money to pay us both for our 5 hours on Tuesday and the 4 yesterday, so today the new punters arrive, no doubt I shall get an email from Frank later on, confirming my days up there, supposed to be Friday, Sat, Mon and Wed then they depart and we have 2 days to prepare for a crew of American Jews.
Poor Cynthia´s flight was delayed so instead of an airport pick up at 7,30 it was close to 10, so we got back to the village around 11, collected Squidge and wandered up to Plaza Bueno Vista for a night cap and toast our 16 years!! Very windy last night but warm as it is coming up off Africa.
Clinging To The Core - When Our World Falls Apart
There are times when our
whole world seems to be falling apart around us, and we are not sure what to
hold onto anymore. Sometimes our relationships crumble and sometimes it’s our
physical environment. At other times, we can’t put our finger on it, but we feel
as if all the walls have fallen down around us and we are standing with nothing
to lean on, exposed and vulnerable. These are the times in our lives when we are
given an opportunity to see where we have established our sense of identity,
safety, and well-being. And while it is perfectly natural and part of our
process to locate our sense of self in externals, any time those external
factors shift, we have an opportunity to rediscover and move closer to our core,
which is the only truly safe place to call home.The core of our being is not
affected by the shifting winds of circumstance or subject to the cycles of
change that govern physical reality. It is as steady and consistent as the sun,
which is why the great mystics and mystical poets often reference the sun in
their odes to the self. Like the sun, there are times when our core seems to be
inaccessible to us, but this is just a misperception. We know that when the sun
goes behind a cloud or sets for the night, it has not disappeared but is simply
temporarily out of sight. In the same way, we can trust that our inner core is
always shining brightly, even when we cannot quite see it.We can cling to this
core when things around us are falling apart, knowing that an inexhaustible
light shines from within ourselves. Times of external darkness can be a great
gift in that they provide an opportunity to remember this inner light that
shines regardless of the circumstances of our lives. When our external lives
begin to come back together, we are able to lean a bit more lightly on the
structures we used to call home, knowing more clearly than ever that our true
home is that bright sun shining in our core.
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