Lisi's blog...le retour

New Year of the Snake,

 

I have not written on my blog for quite some time,

 

I have been back from Bhutan since middle of November and I needed time to “digest” it all, to be with my family and friends here, but also to prepare and continue my work for the Eurasia Foundation and Association: www.eurasia.org.vn

Writing reports, our newsletters, preparing new projects, fundraising, administrative work,  working with our team, meeting people, answering to many requests, ….dreaming the future…listening to what wants to come....

It is such a wonderful work! Actually it is not really work…it is our life!

 

The year of the Snake starts with quite an agility and dynamic movement!

 

I realize that it is 12 years ago that Tho and me took our sabbatical…it was during Têt 2001, Vietnamese New Year, that we started writing to each other in a sort of Spirit of Beginning anew…

We stayed for 4 months in a little flat high up in the Swiss alps, in St Luc, just the two of us, meditating, walking, walking, walking in the mountains, observing nature, observing our feelings, thoughts, our silence........ and writing letters to each other,

We then moved to Hue Vietnam for another 5 months continuing our inner and outer journey. So all in all 9 months, like a pregnancy ...for allowing something new to be reborn...

These letters have been published as a book “Pélérinage intérieur, un dialogue amoureux”…actually I think very few people bought this book…we are not so good in promoting it…and it is in French! …but truly this courage and deep convicting that we needed to STOP and come back to our true aspirations of “why we came here on earth”, this courage to look deeply in ourselves and at each other, this sabbatical time is still nourishing me today,

 

Yes sometimes periods of not “being active” of withdrawing from “outer” work, “responsibilities”, periods of STOPPING are the wisest things to do!

 

This nagging “bad conscience” of “not always doing something” is actually so counterproductive!

 

When I meet friends, or when I think of myself, when going through a certain crisis, one wishes one could say to them, to ourselves : REJOICE! "ENJOY" every second of this inner or outer situation that sort of “holds you back”! Be patient! In this “not doing “ in this “suffering, “, in this questioning, something new is arising and it is enabling you to come closer to yourself, to the others…

 

But of course when people suffer they just want it to pass…but staying WITH this suffering, questioning, “holding back”, staying in it fully with equanimity and freedom is the key!

 

So here comes another year of the Snake!

 

We just started new constructions in TTG (www.TINHTRUCGIA.ch) ! At last! Yes here too we almost had a year of“holding back” The project and all was ready 1 year ago and yet not all the circumstances were ready for us to go ahead. Here too in this “waiting time” we the TTG/Eurasia team we could question our motivations again, strengthen our vision, ripen our understanding of each other and of the real needs of our times and build stronger partnerships. If we would have “jumped” into action one year ago the project would not have been rooted like it is  today!

We also start fundraising for an integrated Kindergarden project and together with TTG and some inspired help (Herbert Dreiseitl…look him up on internet) we plan an ecological project, like a parc, bio-dynamic garden for/with the City of Hue for the children in Hue schools to come and learn about bio agriculture, protection of plants animals etc…in this project our youngsters with disabilities will be the “teachers”!

 

action/non action

Same/same

 

Tho is happily back in Bhutan, I’ll join him soon

YOUPIE

 

So I could call my blog

Lisi’s blog season 2

Or in French : Lisi’s blog…le retour

 

So happy to be with you again

Commentaires

14.04 | 09:07

Je progresse un peu en anglais et j'ai presque tout compris. Merci Lisy pour ton magnifique engagement dans cette belle réalisation qu'est TTG.

11.04 | 01:36

Looking forward to your next article beeing amongs the friends and development of TTG.THANK YOU And all the best.

08.04 | 08:20

Beautiful Lisa,- yes for sure being among the clouds gives a whole wonderful other dimension, - if we listen into it, as you did. Thank you

08.04 | 07:44

Wonderful blog entry, than k you Lisi