Onward

Dear Kin, 

I have recovered enough to fly out to Canada to my bucket list adventure on a small boat cruise up into the Bear Rainforest of British Columbia. 

Its been a rocky month on all fronts truth be told but staying between the river and the sea has been of great comfort and a good place to reflect. 

I lost my appetite for over 6 months a side effect of grief which I have never experienced.  I finally regained it on the first travels in Asia as that is my favourite food and since being here, and being more sedentary I have bulged over my pants a bit too much! I blame the good bakers and  especially the local  farmers market pastries!

How dare they! Hopefully that will shift as I am soon to be on the move. 

I have lightened my load on this next part of my journey as much as I can. I am no minimalist by any means but I did need to go through my things again and question do I really need all that? Am I not my own healing touch stone. Odette, you don’t need all your stones, just take two etc etc. 

What I have found on this journey of my body stopping me in my tracks and the emotional upheaval that came with it, is that if I pushed through and refused to listen to my body I would have been in hospital and that’s the truth. 

I am forever grateful for the tools I have learned, to be able to dive into them to clear up some deep stuff, to rest and not feel guilty for it ( even the pastries)  and the ability to write, be that on a computer or in a journal. I am thankful to my bakery nourished body that it stopped me hard enough to take accountability for what is important. 

I sit here now typing and gazing out and the fat full river gliding by. It’s not a shiny day out there being winter,  but that,  rest and writing work together very well. 

Someone asked me the other day about my passions in life. I have embraced most all of them and travel has had a lot to do with that. Beyond loving my path of service and writing, which I could not live without, I also love ancient cultures, different landscapes, taking to interesting people from other walks of life, being in water, nature in abundance and animals especially in the wild. 

I am about to embrace them all. After the bears in Canada I will be in Kyoto for a week to experience amongst other things a traditional Geisha tea ceremony and a stay in a Japanese old style Monastery and then finish off returning to where I began my trip as I honestly loved everything about it. If you don’t hear from me, I have turned into a mermaid. 

Travelling as a sensitive definitely has its challenges. Where I used to travel quite easily in a non digital world now it seems to be far more complicated than supposedly making things easier! Ah for the old days where it was more human and less screen orientated. Apps for everything is driving me a little bonkers! I mean how much can my iPhone take! Cleary I am sounding old! Ha! Adapt or die is my motto. I still have a lot to do on this earth plane and more books to write so I better adapt! 

Wishing you all a gentle journey within and without and thank you all so much for your good wishes, good vibes and care that you have sent my way. It means so much 

Blessings 

Odette ♥️✨