In a couple of hours I will board a flight, an international flight….I am bound for Ubud, Bali.
I am excited about my 10 day holiday.
But I just got home from a café breakfast, walked home through the parklands, collecting my laundry from the laundromat on the way…
And with each step I took on my morning stroll, I felt self-assured, mindful of my sense in inner calm and inner peace…I guess you would call it HAPPINESS?!
You know you are in a GOOD place, when you are faced with the prospect of 10 days in a tropical paradise and you realise your happiness levels would remain unchanged if, instead, you stayed home for the same period of time!
Don’t get me WRONG…I am getting on that PLANE…there is nothing more I would rather do!….
But personal happiness and joy comes from within…I FINALLY get it…after many years of looking outward for joy, blaming my unhappiness on everything OTHER than myself….Not willing or strong enough to take accountability and ownership of the direction my life was taking…
Well that was the PAST
So today take a PLANE, and on this journey I take with me my new outlook and perspective, my suitcase packed to the brim with two particular travel items : Happiness and Mindfulness
Off to the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2012, a literally festival set in the tropical paradise. I am volunteering to work there, have been assigned the role of Main Area Supervisor for one of the festival venues…
Check out the Festival website…be inspired and transported to a place in which happiness is plentiful:
I can’t wait to immerse myself in the festival vibe, feel the hot humidity of the Balinese climate on my skin, take in the sights, sounds and smells of my holiday surrounds….be captivated by the smiles of the Balinese people.
I hope to write about my experiences in UBUD daily, keep a personal journal…When I get back to Australia I will share some to the wonderful tales that will no doubt have transpired….
Then again…I might not be able to help myself…So inspired I might be that I won’t be able to stop writing post blog posts at a rapid rate, 3 a day?
Who can say…But to truly enjoy a holiday, and the respite they provide from the everyday, you have to be present in the moment, open to new experiences….not sat in front of a computer screen diligently recording events as they happen around you!
Happy Days Ahead!!
Bon Voyage to Me!!
