“The Universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.” Shakti Gawain

There is taking risks and there is moving so far out of your comfort zone you get sick to your stomach, unable to make a decision and riddled by fear. Fear of failing, fear of making the wrong decision and every other fear that you did not even know you had, like fear of not packing enough underwear or too much underwear. Can you really pack too many pairs of underwear, they don’t take up much room, they can fit in all the nooks and crannies of your suitcase and wouldn’t you much rather have too many pairs than not enough? I mean really, of all the things to be worried about underwear should be really low on the list. 

Tuscany 2.0, this amazing opportunity that lay at my feet did all of that and more. I believe you are exactly where you are supposed to be at all times and things present themselves when you are ready to see and receive them. If this moment happened at any other time I would not have seen it or recognized it and it would not have happened at all, this I know for sure. 

I brought about what I spoke about to a certain degree at the precise time I was ready, regardless of the stomach ache, inability to decide and fear, IT arrived. The situation lined up, the people, the places, all of it brought me to the opportunity that led to my Tuscan adventure. 

“Wherever you go, there you are” well of course wherever you go there you are, where else would you be? 

Never before did one quote explain itself in such a tangible way. I was where I was supposed to be at the exact time I was supposed to be there the only problem, I was still surrounded by ‘me’, but with way better scenery. 

I thought things would be different, I thought I would be different somehow. I was to a certain extent, yet some things persisted. I did not expect my higher self to bring along all my baggage and all the lessons I still needed to learn, ALL of it, came with me to Italy. I wonder if ‘she’ had to pay the extra cash for the heavier suitcase because it was definitely over the 50 pound limit.