Here we are in Istanbul finally the three of us: Lilyane, Eileen and me looking for something we have not known about ourself. The good days ahead in the city of lights.
It all started like in a dream. My friend Abha asked me to join a workshop in Sidbari, Dahramsala, meet some old friends and share the skills of women's empowerment with Indian women.
I said yes, right away because the sound of my heart said yes. Eileen said, "Ah, how much I would love to go too, "so she said yes; and Lilyane tossed and turned for 24 hours and said yes.
Now, why did we say yes?
Here we were three of us, having no money to spend on such a great trip: Istanbul and India, yet we surrendered to the voice of our heart.
When one does that, one is open to surrender. What did we expect to find out on this trip?
Did we really think that this trip will change our lives?
Well, planning for the trip worked out so easily almost to perfection. The Turkish Airlines carried us into our dreams. The three of us spend many hours talking about our mothers. Our mothers from whom we have inherited life, and most of the characteristics of our personality. Our mothers whom we have rebeled against, and didn't want to become like them, our mothers whom we didn't think they had a life we wanted....We begun our journey remembering how great our mothers were. Hey, they lived their life victoriously in the times that didn't really allow women to feel and be empowered. They raised us, they provided for us, and became a role model for our future. But in the search of our own voice, we had forgotten about our mothers.
The journey of the heart began with the inner voices of our own dreams....
"Hey we are in Istanbul..." Hours of wandering in the streets of Istanbul filled with colors, flowers, music, people who also carried and shared their dreams with each other, and food, ah that delicious food for the mind, soul and body...who can resist...
We wandered the streets and looking for something, something that in our society has long stopped to exist, a community, a society where people walk in the streets, listen to the music, drink coffee and talk, a community of people who are not afraid to stand next to each other, to stop for a prayer, to share a smile...
The longing of my heart started to rise and became mixed with the rain drops that fell unexpectedly....What am I looking for in this magic trip Istanbul-India? What kind of awakening of my heart I am hoping to find?
What kind of awareness about my life is waiting for me there?
I started to dance right in front of a shop of two women who sold women's clothes...Ah, I just wanted to dance in the rain, with my best friends, dreaming, about my soul's liberation into a freedom and HOPE....
So the first day of the journey welcomed us just because we said YES.
YES into abundance and prosperity, yes to LOVE and just being in the present moment. YES, to everything that is and has been beautiful in this planet created by the divine.
As the drum beats are continuing into the celebration of the night, my heart is yearning for dance.
Say Yes and begin your journey now.
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