Sunday, July 29, 2007

The CountDown

I am leaving in 4 days WOW how time flies.
I still have a tremendous amount to prepare for such a long trip.
I am excited and yet I have many other feelings.
I feel sad, afraid, nervous, all these things.
this trip is not a dream vacation some would think so and under different circumstance
I would be jumping out of my skin with an opportunity such as this, a 4 month trip traveling the world. However this trip is not about vacation it is a healing journey.
I was practically ordered to go.
I am missing my home and Debbie my friends and family my business and my studio.
And I have not even left yet.
How will Debbie manage without me there is so much to do at work.
What if I do not heal what if I get worse. What if I change unrecognizable to myself will my life welcome me back. So many changes in such little time.
This is a poem I wrote a week ago I was not going to post this however I feel this is a reflection of my feelings today.

I am back.
Question is where did I go.
Did I go to a place that you did not recognize?
Was I lost in a place that you could not sympathize?
Question is did you know I was gone?
If so how long, was I gone?
Was it a week, a month, a year.... maybe longer?
Was it a separation a renunciation of something that never was
How did we find ourselves here?
So many questions with so much time
Lives of relationship and lives beyond time
I know and I trust that
Regardless of mine yours is the center of my demise.
Demise of the ego demise of time demise of freedom
Commitment overrides.
Looking to a sunset or a butterfly
You know how I love butterflies
Simple and complex beautiful, powerful a reflection of gods eyes.
If a dawn awaits it waits for me
It waits for me to come back.
From where I never was
I never could
I never am
In all that I see I see you and me
I am back
I hope you like me.

6 comments:

Christian York said...

Hey sugar!
You will be fine! Go ! Enjoy! Fly! Take your catepillar from the cocoon and let it practice flying overseas and then bring it home baby. You trip is in 3 days I believe and the good news is you can ALWAYS come back early or make changes in your plans. You will miss everyone and everything. That to me is the true gift of traveling. You are inspired by new things and reinspired by the old things, familiar things and home feels so much more alive when you come back. You will always be exactly who you need to be to survive and florish, that is your nature. What you are striving to become in actuality is what you already are. You who have a heart of gold love so generously and give to so many. This time away will be a valuable time for those to recognize exactly what you bring to the table of life and how much they value, need and depend on you and I think it will be a time for you to fall back in love with yourself. So love it all and most of all love Jeff. He truly is a survivor and a sacred soul. I love you. Happy trails! cy

Shannon Day said...

Absolutely Beautiful Jeff~
You are embodying the spirit of butterfly and know that your transformation will nourish you in ways you canot foresee.
Know you are Loved~

Ondine Constable said...

Dear Jeff
We've never met; I'm a one year old WB in North Carolina. I was moved by your announcement about your healing trip, and wanted to send you my support, love, and thanks for everything you've done that has brought Nia to me.

Thousands of people have experienced bliss, health and fun because of the work you've done. May all that bliss, health and fun come back to you thousand-fold!
God bless,
Ondine

Unknown said...

Jeff, my man,

I miss you. I look forward to reading about your journey and, hopefully, seeing you in NYC again soon.

You are so fortunate so have such an amazing support group. I'm sure you know that each of us are there for you whenever and however you need us to be.

As I told you recently in NYC, anytime, anywhere in the world, "...you just call out my name and you know wherever I am, I'll come running....you got a friend..."

Peace,
Jim

Lesley T said...

Dear Jeff. Sabbaticals are the wild and great healers. Thank you for being courageous in honoring the call and generous in sharing your journey. Thanks to your giving to Nia, and the giving from Debbie, Carlos and many many others, I have benefited in much personal growth and joy, and have witnessed this joy in students taking classes. My wish is that this joy be reflected back to you as fuel during your travels.

Sincerely,
Lesley Tinker
Seattle, WA
wb June 2006

GalacticBunny said...

Make sure when you return that you don't walk into the same situation that made you ill in the first place.

Like putting your hand in a flame. It will burn you, and you can pull it out and let it heal . . . but if you put your hand in the same flame, it will burn you again.

Illness is caused by toxins - biological, environmental, energetic. Do what you can to ensure those toxins are removed before they infect you again.