I’ve always dreamed of locking myself away to write, running far away and sitting in a cabin or a beach chair and telling whatever stories needed to be told. Sounded romantic. In actuality, it was rough as all good challenges are. I put myself in the pressing situation and squeeze the juice out of me.
I feel sick most of the days on this island. It’s not the food or the sun. It’s the loneliness or regret, fear or anxiety, I have to sit inside of while I turn over old memories and dark feelings like stones on a cold beach. Its the impatience and desire to get back to fun things that pesters me. It’s the pull of two worlds, two lives that want me. I’m living in paradox, living with polarized parts.
It’s a wonderful opportunity to be alone and dove deep inside the painful places. These journeys clean house in my body and soul. They clear away cobwebs and repair the deeper problems that have been making me behave in strange ways. I hold myself in these weird feelings, alone in a good way, in a beautiful safe location. I watch the waves and the sun move. I watch my relationship with myself move. I write it down and smile at the baristas. I look forward to moving on and laughing with friends again when this work is complete.
Love & Rainbows,
Cha