And so I made my choice, for now. I am in India. Pune to be exact. Pune is more western than I expected. A gentle transition for me into my 3 months of Indian life. My choice to follow my dream is exciting and fulfilling, with a sense that I am moving forward in my life again. I am no longer stuck and am being true to who I am and what I need to do at this point in my life. Leaving the safety net of work and the familiarity of Australia has meant that I have no option but to trust life, and allow life to enrich, shape and stretch me into a wiser and more authentic version of myself. I have trimmed my life down to some boxes stored under a friend’s house and one 23kg suitcase plus laptop. Somehow that suitcase seems to spill out and fill a room very easily to create a home (perhaps mess is a more accurate description) wherever I am. Three Australian animal puppets accompany me as ways of reaching people in a fun way. Pete the pudgy possum, Dan the Tassie Devil and Wally the wacky wombat. Stay tuned for their crazy adventures!
My work at Deep Griha begins in a couple of days. My role is to coach the senior team leaders to form a strong team and more effective communication structures. It is always about communication in the end. How do we want to be seen by others and our role in how we are perceived. If there is a gap between how we want to be perceived and how we are in reality perceived, that is the point of growth.
If we are honest with ourselves we can all see ways that we sabotage or undermine ourselves. Being open to looking at where we trip ourselves up and freeing ourselves to fly takes commitment and trust. It is heartening to know that it is a part of the human journey wherever I am in the world that we get tangled up through ego and miscommunication. Heartening because it helps me not to punish myself for my own foibles and it gives me compassion for other people. I know I will learn as much as I give in my role at Deep Griha. It is my hope that when we trust our real intentions and big picture commitments in life we can go beyond the bumps in the road that stop us. My role is to create the safety for people to let their guard down and connect more authentically with themselves and others in a way that is beyond the petty differences we use as an excuse to judge and hurt ourselves and others. Once that is achieved it is difficult to avoid being inspired by ourselves and others in recognition of our common humanity.
