Arriving.
Arrive at yourself and stay – the more at home you are within, the less the outside can move you.
I asked a bodyguard question: how do I stay with myself – in my calm, in my strength – no matter what or whom the day throws at me? Behind it sat a familiar pattern. Fine all morning, centered, clear – until the first difficult conversation, and then not.
The answer offers no defense technique. It moves the question instead: it is about arriving – at yourself. The more you arrive, the less influence the outside has, and what remains is acting from within – from calm, deep trust, groundedness. "A Place to Go" describes the practice side of this, a place within to return to. And the closing line picks up the oldest promise of these letters, the one "Find Us" made near the beginning: find us, and you find yourself.
Read it before a day full of other people. Arriving doesn't start when things calm down; it starts where you are.
Dear traveler,
We love you from the depths of our heart, you know that. And we are always here, with you on your way. On your way to yourself. Arriving. It is about arriving. At yourself. The more you arrive, the less influence the outside has on you. The more you can act from within. From calm and composure. From deep trust. From being grounded and rooted.
We want to help you finally arrive. To arrive fully and completely. And to stay. Here, with yourself. Here, where you belong. Here, where you are you.
Seek us out again and again and you will find us – and with that, find yourself too.
Thank you for being here.
If something in these letters stayed with you, take it along – think about it, write your own answer, or just let it sit.
And if not today, that's okay too. There's no rush.
Until next time,
– Jan