Now that I had realized my dream vacation, it is to put my life’s purpose into action, to fulfill my end of the deal and share these visions, so others could see the happy places I visit frequently. My job is to play and play in a way that enriches the Earth while I live my life well. The time has come to write this book that is with me. I will realize this in the next six months. Then it will time to set up the playground I have been dreaming and become the CEO of play.
The last part of my journey was great, as I wandered around Florence, Rome, Athens and the Greek Isles of Mykonos and Santorini.
The food was great, and the wine, everyone should take pride in their house wine that way that Italians and Greeks do. Good food is a blessing, a connection to the land and one of life’s pleasures. We are what we eat and and once again, traveling, I ate like a king.
In Italy, I saw some amazing art, really spoke to me. At the Uffizi gallery in Florence there was a statue of Pan who offered his words of encouragement, “revel in the beauty of the Earth.” As if I need that reminder.
I envisioned these great pieces of sculpture interacting with nature, in a birch forrest, an oak grove or within a glen of wild flowers with the mountains for a back drop. The interaction of these human gifts of the heart with nature showing us that we do belong for this Earth, our talents enrich the world around us. The Vatican has the best collection of pre christian art in galleries that look like warehouses.
I felt an unwinding of empire happening as I walked the streets of Rome. Its goal served, the dark ages being necessary to usher in the millennium of gold that is approaching.
There is so much to see and feel, walking around in places, like Athens, where Socrates and Plato walked and debated. Both looking to define a noble philosophy of the world they occupied. How wonderful to go back to beginning of the roots of our civilization and feel what it’s willing to offer us as we sit at the steps of one age and a new age dawns.
The sunny beaches of the Greek Isle was a fitting end to this adventure. I am happy with nothing more than a towel, coconut oil and waking up and stumbling on to a beach and sunning by deep blue water, taking a swim and repeating all morning. Then enjoying a good lunch, taking a nap and going to some place surrounded by cool music and beautiful people to talk with. Revel in nature, fuck yeah!
My days on Santorini were spent on the ocean. One day on a Greek Galleon, sailing, drinking wine and watching the sun set and the other day in a Zodiac SCUBA diving in the crater that once was a giant volcano. This has to be one of my favorite place. It may be the biggest under water crater in the world, but it is a stunning with its red, white and black beaches cause by a volcano eruption that wiped out the Minoan civilization of crete and created this paradise.
And then it was time to return, different from how I started, change and recharged.
As I made my way back I was greeted by rain, a drizzle in Dublin and a good old New England downpour arriving in Boston. The rain cleanses, washes away what needs to be let go of. With this reminder I was brought back to the center and to manifest the life I have been envisioning and enjoying my beach bum ways while they lasted.
I now sit in San Francisco. Another dream manifested. Once, I decided to move to SF, I drove to where I wanted be, found a hotel on a Friday night, a cancellation and a vacancy sign at had just been lit for my arrival. The first place I looked at, the next morning, was right around the corner. I put a deposit down and was done. It was fast, quick, easy and met to be.
With some well defined goals to manifest, it is time to be that person that I have always been. Over the next six month, I will realize my spiritual, professional, physical, and social self. And find the place that I seek that has always been shining in my heart.
*as seen on a tee shirt at a Yoga Studio in San Francisco
