Came back from our trip to Thailand and reality set in with the fact that we have to give up our home...my beautiful home!...when I was in Thailand talking about it , it seemed like a piece of cake, but now when faced with the tasks at hand, well it has been a very emotional roller coaster....lots of crying over leaving my nest of 20 years, leaving my friends and family behind way too over whelming ! Anytime you turn on the TV or listen to the news you hear how many people are losing their homes and down sizing to survive this economy!...

I must say I was feeling like it was a loss of a loved one, and in a way it is....my house who has housed us for so many years was being removed from my life...as I removed all the stained glass I made for this house and removed all the fabric that I had draped in the ceiling and took down all the nick nacks that really added to the charm of this place I was sad.

I gave so much away and stored the rest. I realized that what really made this house beautiful was "ME"...I designed it all...so the lesson here is that I still have "ME" and I can make any home I'm in charming and cozy and what is really important to me is my husband and two dogs that will be with me in Thailand.

I also learned to let go...not an easy lesson when your resisting it...lol...The first week I must admit it was painful lots of tears and emotions running high...everything I touched had memory's (I'm very sentimental) so I curled up in bed burning my CD's onto the laptop I found a DVD I had forgotten I had...it was from my sister and she had recorded all the boat parade party's, thanksgiving dinners, Christmas dinners with family, all the good times where there for me to relive and remember how great it was....the timing was just perfect for me to see that...Coincidence? I think not!...I felt myself letting go and knowing that I'm not losing anything at all....my friends will always be my friends and my family will always be there for me and my memory's are mine forever!...what a great house that provided such great times to be had by everyone....

So now I was able to pack without the heart pain I was feeling earlier that week...I was letting go and moving on to a whole new life filled with excitement and thrills of a new country as our new home...so now I was just throwing stuff into boxes without looking back...and you know what? I felt freer and lighter then ever!...it's all good..

It only seems to make sense to try and push away unwanted events we’d rather not see until we realize that resistance to anything is negative attraction . . . and that to live with such blindness is to bind us to the very dark moment we would deny....so I let go and let God guide me to where I know I will be happy with my family and Yoda and Honeybunny that is really all I need....

Attachment is such a sneaky little connection....if you are not aware of it you get all caught up in it's web!!! and it is just STUFF....reminds me of George Carlin when he did his routine on "STUFF" very funny but we just love our stuff and that is attachment ....My friend Phil in Hana Hawaii told me that when he feels attached to anything he gives it away! so attachment has no hold over him at all.....I admire that and I will one day master it!

The Wisdom and the strength to let go is not the outcome of preparation; it is born within us – moment to moment – as our willingness to learn the truth about ourselves meets the need to do the same.

Well we have packed everything, gifted allot of "STUFF" and as my friends with teary eye's took what I gave them I knew how important all of them have been in my life and will continue to be so! The time you take to help others along the way helps you more than it does those you help.

We Leave for Thailand Feb 27th and by the way David Britner our Guru will be taking the trip with us! How cool is that?
So I will keep you in the loop of all the events and things we will experience on our journey...it's all good!

Because the “still small voice” speaks within us without using words, we must learn how to listen with our eyes, hear with our heart, and receive each moment mindfully; only then is our response in harmony with the greater reality.

You must dare to do the thing you think cannot be done... as this is the only way to discover that there's nothing you can't do. Genuine spiritual happiness and strength dawns within us once we realize that passing dark clouds are as powerless to dim the sun in the sky, as is morning dew to diminish the color of new spring flowers.

We are always in the only place we can be at any given moment; but what we do there, to change our lives – for better or worse – all depends upon what we are willing to learn about ourselves in that moment.

This Sunday I hope to meet you at the memorial service for Dr.Paul this Sunday at 10:am at the Temple of light.

Sending you Love and Light
Donna Reiss