Nine Month Check in

It's hard to believe it has already been nine months since I began this sabbatical. I have learned many things that I would like to comment on here.

Lately, I have also been busy with many family visits so I haven't been writing as much. Starting in May, we had lots of activities for about 10 weeks. It was a joy to spend time with Mom Puleo especially, cousin Julie and the kids and other family members. We celebrated Paul's 65th birthday and Fathers Day all together. My sister and brother in law even drove out from Indiana for a weekend. It was lots of fun and great to spend time with everyone, and it also kept my sabbatical activities to a minimum. In other words, not much to report on the sabbatical front.

As I look over the last nine months, it feels like I have come so far and yet there is so much more. I am the same and I am different (which you are probably saying to yourself "duh" :-). I experience great joy when I think about what I have accomplished and yet, I see that I want to go so much further in learning, developing, serving others. I am enjoying both.

Right now, I am in the midst of rediscovering the joy of play. I feel like I am on an extended summer vacation, and I worked very hard for many years to create this space. If you keep up with my Facebook updates, I am getting out into nature as of late and I feel refreshed and renewed every day. I have especially enjoyed two activities - riding my bike and floating in the ocean. I surrender to the gentle floating of the waves and the feeling of freedom as I glide my bike through parks and trails.

I do have "urges" to move into action, and I have let my intuition guide me every step of the way. At the beginning of this sabbatical, a well intentioned friend warned me that I should have some clear goals. She said her fear was that I would come to the "end" and not have anything to show for it. I paused and then intentionally let go of that fear for myself. The richest part of this journey has been keeping it open ended and undefined. I was "supposed" to be writing a book, getting back into my music and art. I will probably still do those things, just on a different time table.

Instead, I have been deeply exploring how we manage many levels of our energy and how it shows up in our personalities, our relationships, our spirituality and our beliefs. In the process I have learned more about myself in the last nine months than I think I have over the last 40+ years. I have also done a fair amount of healing work with myself and with the assistance of others. I have taken some energy workshops and have been "teaching" energy workshops with friends and neighbors at home for the last few months.

In so many ways, my life feels more like I am gliding toward my desires rather than pushing a rock up the hill. Hallelujah! I love this life a lot more and want to bring more of this into everything that I do. More appreciation, more creativity, more life!

I signed up for the Barbara Brennan Healing Science four year program, which starts in late August. In the meantime, I have been working on my homework assignments to prepare for my first year. I have been reading the "Hands of Light" book, and every time I open it I see more and more excellent information.

There are so many ways that I want to help others as well as continue my own path of growth and development. What I have discovered is that this sabbatical is a trajectory for a direction that has had long roots throughout my life but has been hidden and undeveloped for many years.

Today, I have an energy session with a hospice client and then I will enjoy yet another beautiful day in Paradise!

With much love and gratitude, Mj xoxo