Top Five Lessons from Travelling Through the Islands

 Mastery comes when fear is dissolved. Fear is dissolved not by fearing it, hating it, judging it but looking upon it with perfect love. Look at the fear and surrender it Iyanla Vanzant




Over the past ten days I have been travelling. I have covered three countries in the Eastern Caribbean chatting with young ladies on what their version of empowerment and personal power means to them. So far, I have been to St Kitts and Nevis, St Martin (the Dutch side) and Jamaica. Each country with its own culture and dynamics. While all of this is happening so is life.

Top Ten Lessons:

  1. Spending time outside of our comfort zones is growth - trust me the cliche is real and real life. Having to navigate new surroundings, new food, overall newness has made me think about being present and in the moment rather than looking for the same conditions and situations from back at home. There will hardly ever be the same situations in a different place. I have learnt that I must adapt, accept and choose.

  2. There are answers in the stillness - stillness provides answers that noise can never do. When an opportunity for stillness arises, use it. There are revelations in there that are life guides.

  3. Life is not an either/or - Life is the wholeness of everything, consider that life can be an “and” Life has shown it is not always in black and white.

  4. The ocean is unbroken and reflects life - it is always going on. Life will not change itself, its us who has to adjust to life going on.

  5. Food is a language of love - people in all the countries show their love in food.

Peace

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