12 months ago, April 2018, I said farewell to the physical home I created, and stepped into the shoes of my Wanderer Self.
Always having shelter, though never staying in one place for more than a week, I grew to implicitly know myself, my soul and my body, as my places of home.
A week after I closed that apartment door, I stepped onto a plane and 22 hours later, landed in another country that I would wander for the next 3 ½ months.
Peru. A land I’d never travelled to before, did not have community in, nor did I speak the language.
Two months earlier, a cousin I’d recently reconnected with told me she was going to Peru later in the year, and a swell began to rise within me.
I said “I’ve wanted to go there for awhile. Some of my work is connected to the mountains there.”
She said “Mel, you’ve got to go.”
From memory, there were two moments which solidified my devotion to going.
// The apartment I’d been living in sold quickly, after I declined staying on for another 12 months in conjunction with paying more rent.
As I began looking for my next apartment, I remembered the constant stream of insights in the lead up to this time, plus the significant words of others that had stayed with me – all messages of Truth from the Universe, urging me to trust, be courageous and walk into the unknown.
// The brief moment I attempted to go off soul-script. I said “oh, I’ll maybe I’ll go next year” and my soul fire swiftly rose up and raged within me. This was the final wake up I needed, and so I listened to the inner wise one instead, and my inner fire calmed instantly.
And so, the wheels of the Universe continued to move in motion, opening doors to the adventure I was about to take, where I was able to put the knowledge I’d received into Lived Experience and follow the call of Deep Trust.
I decluttered, purged and gifted on what I’d accumulated, and put what was left – only the things I loved and were useful – into storage.
I took a full step back from my service work to others and came into full service to myself.
Because, as a wise woman said to me once…
“it’s difficult to midwife yourself when you’re a spiritual midwife to others.”
Whilst I was walking Peru I came to realise that my personal initiations, awakenings and integration over the previous four years, had all led to this next evolution of self. Step by step by step…
Read Part Two here.
Read Part Three here.
Much love and soul wellness,
Melissa x
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