"Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that sword, she said, there lies convention and tradition and order, where "all is correct." But on the other side of that sword, if you are crazy enough to cross it and choose a life that does not follow convention, "all is confusion. Nothing Follows a regular course." Her argument was that the crossing of the shadow of the sword may bring a far more interesting existence ...." Taken from the book "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. (my all time favorite book!
I cannot be more happy, excited, grateful, that I chose to cross my own shadow, leap and land here in Ireland. I have been stretched. I have been challenged. I have expereienced more moments of pure, unadulterated joy than everbefore; moments where I actually feel like my heart cannot possibly hold another ounce of joy but then it expands a little more and makes room for the next moment. I love catching myself in those moments...recognizing that I am perfect and happy and savoring every nanosecond of it. I think that has become my own little meditation....recognizing those moments, being completely present in them and being grateful all the way down in to my mitochondria that I have this life to participate in! I am truly blessed!
Galway is beautiful city. It sits on Galway Bay and there is always something going on it seems. The City Center and Eyre Square always seems to have a buzz about it. There are cobblestone streests lined with all sorts of shops and street performers. There always seems to be something to look at or do. Not to mention there is always great pub somewhere close: and YES! The Guinness really is better over here! The weekI arrived here, The Volvo Ocean Race was on a stop over. There were seven boats that docked here for two weeks. These boats have been racing around the world for the past year and Galway was one of the last stop overs, but the largest one of the whole entire race. They estimate that 650,000 people came to Galway over two weeks to see the boats. there were concerts every night, events daily it seemed and just a wonderful buzz about the city while it was going on....quite a time to move here.
Right now the Arts festival is on and it is one of Europe's best Arts festivals. There are musical performances, theater, visual art and so much more! Tomorrow night I will be going to see David gray in concert..I am soooo excited for that! He is one of my favorite musical artists and is playing. In just over a week, the galway races start and apparently that is quite the time! I am looking forward to experiencing that.
The practice I have joined is wonderful. I have had a lot to learn in a short amount of time, but it has been worth every second of it. I have grown in so many ways and I love the patients I am working with. Not to mention the clinic owners and fellow staff I get to be associated with. it is truly humbling and amazing watching how the body can heal when there is no interference to the nervous system. I love watching people get better with chiropractic care....I am truly humbled to be practicing this profession.
People ask me how things are different, what things are different, etc.... so I will try and shed some light on things. A major change for me has been not getting around in a car. I do not have a vehichle here and walk alot of places, take the bus or take a taxi. I miss getting on the open raod sometimes, but I love that I can walk around or hop on a bus and go somewhere. Just last weekend we went up to a beautiful area called Connemarra and Clifden. Absolutely gorgeous scenery and it was only an hour away. We are heading to Dublin for a weekend at the beginning of August as well....just another short bus trip. Of course there are different words for thing...here is a brief list:
Chips= fries
Fries=Fries
Crisps= Potato chips
Prams= Strollers
Lorries= Big trucks
Everything is "lovely" or "grand" here. There are all sorts of expressions I am learning. I think my favorite is "thanks a million". People say this all the time here. I just like it because it seems to go above and beyond a general thank you....rather I am thanking you a million times because I am so grateful...it is just something simple that expresses so much gratitude.
Well, I feel I have rambled enough for one session. I will be more diligent about updating this. So many exciting things are coming up and I can't wait to keep you all posted! I hope you enjoy the pics I have posted on here....I have loads and loads of them, trying to pick out just a few was tough!:) I also included the pic of my new haircut! I love it!
Cheers!
Sally
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