A Priceless Gift From the Cosmos

A warm summer breeze caresses my arms and the sky is almost dark. A woman walking with me is talking about finding herself. I nod and add "It takes a little time." Her eyes get bigger, "Exactly," she says, and I cannot stop smiling. I cannot stop smiling because I have just had one of the most amazing experiences in my life. 

In the last 4 hours, with 12 women I didn't know before, I cried, shared my secrets, laughed, screamed, let out noises that I didn't have to think about, danced and simply felt. Did it just for myself as I was sensing their energies in my chest. And we sang songs that our hearts wanted us to sing as our eyes were closed, by trusting the flow and waves in the ocean, by understanding and listening in a marvellous harmony free of judgments. It was 4 hours of putting whatever came from our hearts and becoming one. 

It seems the treasure buried in the depths of my heart has been waiting for this day. All possibilities, incidents, steps, words, cities, people; it feels like the whole universe whispered to me to be here today at this moment. And it happened at a time when I had doubts about myself. 

It was to remind me that I am not alone, to allow my soul to meet with these beautiful souls; it was for all those smiling faces that I would never forget; to feel the energy of a stranger that flowed through my hands which made me realize I am alive; to teach me to put my prejudices aside and accept everything as it is; to make me able to jump through the surface with a scream instead of burying my heart deep in the ocean inside a shell. It was to allow me to show that where there is darkness there will always be light; to make me re-meet my body and experience being the best friend of mine. For me, it was to find that peace that I had been looking for since the very first memories I recall. 

I am grateful for each of these. I feel light. I let go of the weight from my chest, from my hands, feet, from my throat and cheeks just like the cool water flowing from a high waterfall. I let go of all the world that I cannot grin and bear. 

 I travelled thousands of years before to feel my ancestors in my bones, in my energy. Today, I tasted the exuberance and joy of being one with others, being a unique part of a whole where I can be myself and free. Every voice I heard today, every skin I touched and every eye that met with mine has become one with me, a piece in my heart.

As I was leaving myself in the arms of these beautiful people that I did not know, I was sure of one thing: if not in this life, our souls were together in the previous, our paths crossed before. 

And hence today was a priceless gift from the cosmos for us.