I recently thought I had a spiritual calling to go to Egypt.  My mentor told me she was having a retreat there. "By coincidence," I was re-reading The Alchemist (by Paulo Coelho) which is about a boy going to Egypt to find his treasure. I thought this was an omen! It must be written!

But then I noticed a pattern - I did this last year as well when I decided I would pack up and move back to Tokyo on my own. At the time I was feeling the discomfort of being treated for cancer in Holland, away from my home country. This time, I am feeling the discomfort of going back to my corporate job after an extended sick leave.
I know going to Egypt will be an amazing experience. I can imagine myself completely awestruck underneath the millions of stars, feeling the presence of something much much bigger than me. I can feel the sand beneath my feet as I listen to the waves of the Red Sea(I think the Red Sea!) I breathe in and breathe out ever so deeply, feeling so full and complete and so free!
But Yukiko, I want you to be SO full and complete and SO free that you can be full and complete and free wherever you are! Feel the awe and inspiration you know you'd feel under the Egyptian stars even when you are at home. ESPECIALLY when you are at home. I want you to be breathing ever so deeply right HERE right NOW.  Isn't THAT what it means to be truly fulfilled and free?
Have a lovely day.

Sending you loving kindness.