t took me a while to decide what I was going to name this blog. It didn't come to me until I was laying in savasana during a Sunday night yin yoga class. My instructor recited the following excerpt ....
Just Being
How many of you have become frantic waiting for a ride to the airport or some other event that you couldn't be late for? You get agitated and frustrated and feel helpless, yet what does this accomplish?
A Buddhist man was staying in an apartment with friends. When he was ready to leave, he went down to the street to wait for his ride to the airport. Some time later when his friends looked out the window, he was still there. His ride was obviously late, but what struck the people looking down at him was that "he wasn't waiting, he wasn't coming, he wasn't going --- he was at peace, just being."
It took me a while to cultivate the state of being. But months later, when we were being driving through the mountains of Colorado to the Denver airport and I had a flat tire, I was prepared. When I couldn't find the jack and the driver said her husband had it in their other car, I was still prepared. When a truck stopped and offered to help us and changed the tire faster then I could have with the proper equipment, I was ready.
It was at this moment that I set my intention for my Peace Corps experience to come ... to just be in the moment. This intention will not be easy nor will my stay in Cameroon, Africa. But I believe to fully appreciate and manage this challenging experience I need to stop the "what if" game and simply let things be what they will be. So, on June 1st I will meet my fellow business advising volunteers in Philadelphia, PA. June 2nd we depart for Brussels and then onto Yaounde, Cameroon.
And so the adventure begins...
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