November 20, Sunday

If I felt a little out of it at VIVA yesterday, that all vanished today and I was back in a really good feeling. Sue worked me to the bone today, giving me three breakout sessions, two on well-being in a row, the first with Maureen and the second with Sheela—both went really well, although in the second I had to save a moment between two participants that started making the feeling go downhill—and one session on relationships with Gillian, which also went really well. Luckily that one came after we took a break and I took a nap.

All three of my co-facilitators were my former trainees, and they all did a great job, I am very happy to say. But the highlight of the day for me came when Rudi and Jenny gave a presentation about what had happened to their relationship and how they went from devastation to recovery, so now they are friends and working partners again. I was really touched by their presentation. It was so honest and real.

I came away with the thought, What if the answer really is LOVE, no matter what kinds of problems one is experiencing in a relationship? That love transcends all. Not personal love, but love of and from and by Spirit or God or Universal energy/Mind, from which we borrow to manifest in personal love. And what if continuing to point in the direction of love cures all, including hidden beliefs that breed fear, ego and reaction. And what if one’s partner in a relationship if s/he saw the partner going astray in his/her thinking, were to offer a gentle reminder to help the partner back on the track of love?

The evening ended with a couple performing Spanish dances, which were really beautiful and lively, and then most everyone danced for a while afterwards. It was the first time I danced in a long time. Fun! But I had to break away so I could get back and eat dinner (late!), because I have another panel presentation tomorrow. Great day.