{"id":149,"date":"2010-02-22T22:36:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2010-02-22T22:37:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:37:44","slug":"vqc-30-my-vision-quest-retreat-a-flight-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicolecutts.com\/blog\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"VQC #30: My Vision Quest Retreat: A Flight to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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on a Vision Quest Retreat<\/p><\/div>\n

Do we run from the present moment because reality is too much to bear?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I have run away from home to focus on my Vision\u2026 so for about the next 7 days I will be chronicling my self imposed Vision Quest Retreat.\u00a0 My agenda? 1) follow my instincts,\u00a0 2) work on the curriculum for the upcoming Vision Quest Retreats,<\/strong><\/em> 3) finish writing the story of how I came to be living my Vision for the book, 4) be in the moment, enjoy, chill, and record it all on this blog, twitter, and in my private travel journal.<\/p>\n

The highlight of this day so far was my morning swim. I arose at about 6:00, sat on the little verandah off my room to watch the sun come up over the mountains.\u00a0 After she made her dramatic appearance bringing the day with her I decided to walk down the hill to the glassy bay for a swim.\u00a0 The water was cool and refreshing as I pushed off from the shore. The plan was to swim along the shoreline to the end of the cove and back.\u00a0 Within minutes I was caught up in a swarm of tiny silver minnows. I descended into their midst just to enjoy them.\u00a0 It was like a rainstorm but the raindrops had been replaced by fish all moving and changing direction as if with one mind reacting to something I could not see.\u00a0 Different numbers of them moved in different directions creating currents and every time they moved a burst of silver could be seen.\u00a0 Of course my being there meant that I created a hole in the middle of this storm and they all kept a safe distance.\u00a0 I was surrounded on all sides so I could turn slowly in the water and just watch them.\u00a0 I felt or perhaps imagined that I was Mami Wata surrounded by my minions.\u00a0 A silly perhaps, yet delightful thought to have.<\/p>\n

Eventually I did continue my swim.\u00a0 It felt good to exercise my body buoyed by the gentle water\u2026no real agenda\u2026just to move and breath and be present in the moment. Being in the moment\u2026staying in the moment\u2026always returning to the moment.\u00a0 I realized the other day that there is so much in each moment.\u00a0 Each and everymoment is pregnant with more than I can handle sometimes. Maybe that is our challenge with staying in the moment\u2026maybe life just seems like too much sometime.\u00a0 I will be paying attention to this over the next several days.\u00a0 Paying attention to each moment to see how much I can take.\u00a0 How much can I bear?<\/p>\n

Vision Quest Survey Report<\/a><\/strong>: as of today, 127<\/strong> women have completed it! My Goal<\/strong>= 1000.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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