Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Camping Out!
We’ve been living in a tent and have now moved into the ‘luxury’ of a mobile home for a month, waiting for our house in the Domaine to come free at the beginning of October.
I find the journey since we left Spain interesting for a few reasons. Just before we left we had problems with our one way hire van and had to buy a trailer, leaving us without any spare money at all. So, we found the nearest campsite to Issac where Jasmin would be starting school and set up our very basic tent, living out of the back of our car. I think before I would have seen this situation as a problem and been quite depressed by the fact that I hadn’t been able to negotiate a smooth house move. But, these days we see all this as just how it’s meant to be.
Because of this situation, we have been living very close the earth which has grounded us and allowed us to really experience the environment we will be living in. It has given us time and space away from telephones and internet to be in the natural rhythm of the day and well, when we moved into this mobile home with its own shower and toilet, we were in heaven! We remembered that even living in this basic accommodation we are better off than most people in the world with sanitary conditions and enough food on our plates. And as we live here without a tv and now the internet card has run out, we find ourselves doing the things we’ve been meaning to do but ‘didn’t have time’.
So, instead of seeing it all as negative, I can feel that accepting what ‘is’ brings such a wonderful feeling of peace to your life. The duality of positive and negative is a construct which the mind has been given and latches onto when situations arise. But, really that’s all it is. There is no situation that is ‘bad’, the acceptance of a situation and also a feeling or emotion that arises without judging it, holds a great prize within. A chance to learn, grow, bring yourself (sometimes with a bang) into the present moment, which of course as we know is the only truth. The past has gone and the future will only be a reflection of where you’re at ‘now’. So, I continue to watch the stories in my mind which try to delude me and give thanks for where I am NOW…