From: Jacqueline

Published Thursday, May 11, 2006 by Dan Gainsford | E-mail this post

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Below is an email from Jacqueline Carey who is reading the blog from Newfoundland. Emails like this capture what my project is all about: Sometimes, the only way to move forward, is to let go.
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Hey Dan,
I felt compelled to write to let you know that I feel like I'm with you in more ways than one on this wonderful adventure you've embarked upon. I've been reading your web log and have passed the site onto Mom because I just knew she'd love to read it as well...and she did.
I really relate to your Web Log Blues entry...Wow. I kept reading along and thinking how much I could identify with what you were saying and experinecing. When I finished university and became a social worker...I fully intended on "saving the world" by helping kids in abusive homes. (The wonderful minds of 21 year olds.) I had no idea that just over 5 years later, I would walk out of my office, leaving the job I had planned for behind in order to preserve my spirit and soul...with no other option in sight. You talked about resisting...and that is exactly what I had been doing - resisting the urges to make a run for it because I believed that responsible adults didn't quit their jobs after buying a house and a car while all the while ignoring that my body, mind and spirit were telling me to move on.
During my time off over the past year, I have allowed time to meditate and to reflect on where I was and where I need to go...and now I find myself headed overseas in the Fall to study in Irealnd. Something I had always wanted to do, but somehow willingly let go of after becomming caught in the world of: work to gain material things and keep working to keep them.
Finally, I learned to trust and accept that the universe has a way of taking care of us...and that it would do just that for me. So, reading your log was so interesting because I feel like though we're geographically so far apart, we're on a similar type of journey.
Thanks for putting yours into words. I'm sending lots of positive energy your way and wishing you the best in your project. If you end up in Newfoundland or in Irealnd, don't forget to look me up...you'll always have a place to stay. Take care of you and give my best to Forbes.
Jacqueline

“If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up."
- Deepak Chopra

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