Meditation Day 23 – 51 mins.
Day 32
To communities.
The Vipassana hiking the path group setting up a hike up Lion’s head this morning. The four women climb up and down getting to know one another. Feminine energy taking over the vibe for the first time, and the comfort that comes from the togetherness.
Coming down from the Lion’s head hike, I ask the group of 4 women, and Charlie’s bakery is recommended. The three of us go for coffee and breakfast. I buy one cookie in the shape of a dinosaur, with prominent color red. Deciding to not buy them at the cost of R1600. My job is to deliver 24 cupcakes. Half for children.
I decide on a Spur, with easier parking with the risk of no parking at Woolworths. Wash my hair before running out of the house to get to the party and help out.
Afterwards, I drive my friend to V&A. Go home to rest and do more admin before going over to Carla’s for a wonderful dinner. Talking and enjoying one another’s company. A safe community of togetherness, with Daniel tellins us about his recently deceased uncle.
“Did he have a good life? Was he happy?”
“He had a lot of friends and kept himself busy. He was a closeted guy, with momentos a potential reminders of the romantic pasts. The neighbor came over recently to see if he can get access to build up the border wall to waterproof his place. The guy was petty.”
Happy people do not behave in petty ways.
I come home to appreciate and acknowledge the three different communities I’ve built here, having the privilege of being invited and celebrated. Landing and having to speak to the immigration officer to be told to leave in three months’ time (I’m leaving anyways), I wonder what I am doing here. I answer my question by seeing what I have created. Communities to connect me to my source of ease.