Don’t let your daily errands control your time. A bus driver in Atlanta once told me ‘time, our time and the way we choose to utilize it, is the only true control we have in this life’. That was an ‘ah ha’ moment for me and from that day forth I was mindful of how I utilized my time. March Reflections, it took a long while for me to actually get this post written, not because I
didn’t have the time, but because I’ve been flowing and being, each day. The experience of each moment was almost occurring like a great river rapid. It’s been a fun ride. I started the month with a work related travel to where I used to live. I stepped into a nostalgic scene of memories, both good and bad. A few days after I arrived, I contacted a few old friends to let them know I was in town so we c
an catch up. I try to link up with folks I know in the places I travel to. These meetings were special because it was with some of the main players in my life, when living in that city was a part of my life. If you have friends you haven’t seen in a while and you’re in their city, contact them, and meet for drinks. If you don’t tell them verbally, speak with your heart and thank them for sharing that chapter of your life with you and allowing you to share in theirs. The heart will hear you. That’s the spirit in us! Prior to contacting old friends, I just took time to settle and be in the space because I was going to be there for some time. I met some wonderful strangers, some who are now friends and colleagues. I meditated and ate ice cream! Then one day I ventured downtown via the metro to my old neighborhood. Have you ever simply sat in a space and observed, taking in each and everything with all of your senses?
I did in that moment, in that space as I traveled from the airport to the downtown neighborhood where I used to live. I visited the spots I frequented when I lived there. The Starbucks I sat for many days, many hours, and many conversations with strangers. The sushi spot I used to love for happy hours! I just walked around and took it all in, with all of my senses. My first thought, as I traveled the metro back to my hotel was ‘how and why did I spend so many years in this environment’? I honestly have no clue and with my personality, I don’t know how I survived in mind, body and spirit! In that moment I knew that my move a year prior was for the best. See we don’t know why things occur as they do, but we trust that it does, in divine order, just as the Universe planned. If I didn’t spend those days and experience those moments, in that space, I wouldn’t be me. I met each soul as I was supposed to, in that time. Then I moved on to the next adventure where I could experience new soul meetings. I remember the last new friend I made in that space, during that time. A soul meeting… that forever changed my life, although, they may never realize. I could feel the transformation, the shift, from the initial encounter. Then I moved on to experience a new space in a new city. I say all of this to say; reflecting on the month of March took some time. Toward the end of the month, I went on a retreat for women in the blue mountains of Jamaica. It was an experience, the perfect experience to follow my nostalgia of my old life in Atlanta. When I say that your life has ripples, everything comes in cycles, a full circle.
I’ve been searching for a retreat in Jamaica, in the Blue Mountains, in nature, near water for years. I was supposed to go to a retreat a couple of months prior to my move from Atlanta which didn’t happen. I was crushed because it was something I planned for but sometimes you just have to flow, it wasn’t time. I wasn’t supposed to be at that time. Anyway, as this retreat opened and welcomed us into that space and time, we met with a group from the maroon village nearby. Full circle I tell you! It was the same group of performers that I
I had seen in Atlanta not too long before I moved and they recognized me from that space. I’m not going to go into depth of my retreat, but it was a perfect way to utilize the time after my work travels and prior to going back to the office. It was overwhelming to say the least but it affirmed to me, as I reflect, that everything flows just as it’s supposed to. Each moment, each experience, each soul meeting is divinely designed and all we need to do is remember that and flow because love is in each moment.
Share your March reflection in the comments! Peace. Love. Light.