Episodes of a Lovely Vacation
Dear friends,
I spent some lovely days of vacation in South Germany at the foothills of the Alps with my father, a 68-year-old wonderful, humorous, caring man. We did some tours, had health treatments, lovely food, I went horseback riding twice and we had lot of fun. I bought a nice pair of hiking shoes that made walking much more fun and easy. I liked them so much that one day I put them on just to walk across to the butcher’s 
I have been sharing transformation with my father since my first workshop with Ariel & Shya in spring 2007. He loves what has happened for me since then and supports me very much. I always invite him to join in. In these days I spent with him, I saw a lot of my behaviors, fears and worries in him. We shared about it and he told me about the worries of the generation of his parents in general but also concerning him who fell often ill as a child. I felt so much love and compassion for him, for all of them, and could also look at myself with love, not with judgments.
When we started he was worried because it was a 5-hour drive, something he hadn’t done for a long time. I supported him and when we arrived he was so proud, very relaxed and self-assured. In fact, in the following days he drove through the small, curved roads like a “native,” as if he had never done anything else in his life. And during the day, whenever I just listened to him, communicating something that was worrying him, I was really inspired and the solution was right at hand. It was amazing. He also shared with me lovely episodes of his life with my mother (who died 8 years ago) that really touched me.
One morning we wanted to go up on a mountain by a cable railway, something he had never done before. While going up, we shared about our thoughts that we had beforehand. He was worried whether he would have the courage to take the cable railway. My thought was, “well the sky is overcast, it’s not worth going there”. We both identified our thoughts as fear. And while driving up the mountain, through a lovely landscape, feeling the fresh wind on our skin, we smiled at each other, happy that we both went for what we really wanted…
Thank you, Ariel & Shya, and everybody in our wonderful community for the gift of transformation that enables me to live these really touching, intimate moments.
With much love,
Karin
