I post a lot about the sunshine, joy and fun I experience in Haiti. It isnt the full picture. Not by a long shot. LIfe here is hard, confusing and quite painful a lot of the time. This country is one of the most beautiful places with the ugliest realities I have ever had to face. It isnt just current poverty and corruption and social and racial and economic injustice…it is the pain of years of that sinking into peoples bones and lives and passed on for generations. The strength of character and power of spirit that has emerged is magical, but the pain I see runs so goddamn deep. For whatever reason, these realities I see here are not something I can hide from as I have been able to do in so many other places and times in my life. Everyday I have to look them in the face and ask myself if I am willing to deal with this again. Facing my own demons as I face the demons of pain all around me. Some days I wonder if I am strong enough to do this, Some days I just want to run home to my momma and all the comforts of being home. I just hope this work I am doing, teaching and sharing yoga in a place that can benefit from healing practices, is bigger than me and my ego and my journey. I just hope with all of my heart that this isnt all about me.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:19:46 +0000
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