Day Tres - The Journey to El Gastor (El Gastor, Spain)

Today is Sunday, and the travel day to the yoga retreat, and here in Spain it is also Mother's Day - which apparently isn't a set day worldwide, which makes sense when you think about it, I just never had. Mother's Day in Spain is also just a wee bit different, as it's a crazily Catholic country, and Catholics are super into THEE Mother aka The Virgin Mary. Either way, you should call your Mama and say GRACIAS.

From very early today my world has been full of challenges. In this book, "When Things Fall Apart;" which is becoming both invaluable to me and also so spot on the nose that I'm thinking I need to STOP reading it, as it seems everything I read then comes true; it talks about recognizing the people who are sent into your life as gifts, especially when they create in you Not The Best Feelings. Those people arrive to help you with the things you need to work on, like for myself, my Patience, my Kindness, and my Flexibility. And how truly grand of the universe to send me just the right scenario to test all of those things!

​What a gift, according to the book, that I didn't have to DO anything, to have all my lesser traits tested. And from very early on today, they have been...

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