Hey, let’s spend this weekend out of home”, I said to one of my friends who was also my neighbour.
He was shocked because I am not the type that spends time outside her home. When I step out, it’s either to buy something or I travelled for work. He knew something was up with me, but he couldn’t place it, and I wouldn’t share because the baggage was so heavy that only mother nature could help me lighten it.
It was a rollercoaster of emotions for me for more than six months. I was about to embark on a new journey that had the tendency to be tough and rough, however, I wasn’t in the right state of mind to begin.
It was an entirely different course. Different from what I had planned my life around. I needed to change course because the unknown ailment that kept draining me financially wouldn’t take it easy on me. Physically, I wasn’t balanced, financially, I was drained, mentally, I was close to zero. The moment I realized that my saving grace, yoga wasn’t helping me as much, I knew I needed a place I where I could offload.
The baggage was too heavy on me, but I carried it with so much grace. I knew there was a place where I could let go of everything, and I wouldn’t be bothered one bit. All I needed was to go there, and the burden would be lifted.
Embarking light on a journey makes one feel compact, free, and more comfortable. Same with the journey of life. I was fresh out of school, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life way before I graduated. However, there was a blockage. One that was about to either overweigh me, or I shed it off really good. So, I did what I know how to do best… Make the burden lighter.
On that beautiful Saturday morning, we embarked on a journey to visit mother nature. It was a waterfall. For a very long time, nature has been my go-to for relief. Just sitting under a tree enjoying the cool breeze or sitting out at night to counting the stars while monitoring the size of the moon, watching the birds fly around and making their beautiful noise early in the morning, or even sitting by the sea. These are beautiful places I find easy to shed off the burdens on my mind.
“Nature has a way of making one feel better’ is a phrase I’ve known for a very long time, but I never expected the speed it happened. Few minutes at the waterfall, and I could feel myself alive once again.
There were other people who had come to have fun too, so it was easy to scream my lungs out so I could feel relieved. I screamed so much that my friend was wondering where I got the voice to do that from. I didn’t stay in the water, but seeing it gush down beautifully from the top of the rock made me feel so alive. I smiled, screamed, danced, screamed, and screamed more.
By the time we left in the evening, I felt so light, and pumped to begin the journey. I knew I wouldn’t stop looking for a solution to the unnamed ailment that wanted to halt my life, and I would gracefully begin the course I wanted to do, and I would do it well.
And, that was exactly what happened. Six months later, I finished the course, and a few months after that, I found a permanent solution to the unnamed ailment.
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