shh.... I'm alone

Tomorrow I join a group of YL staff for our annual conference, and to begin we will enter into a 20 hour period of solitude and silence.

I'm so excited about this period, excited to have "me" time, excited for a time of renewal and self-discovery.

Silence and Solitude is such a rare gift, which has been so hard to find for the past couple of years.

I'm in two minds if I should bring my Buddhist prayer stool, as it helps to remain seated, and hold a great mediation pose, without getting leg cramps.

It doesn't really take up too much space, and if I add my memory foam prayer matt I'll have the perfect experience during my 20 hours. ....

I love verbally processing even when it is on my Blog.

I know it may surprise some of those who know me as such a gregarious person who enjoys people. But I also love times silent solitude, in Germany I'd go into the Alps and hike for a day on my own. I haven't had the chance to discover an equivalent place here in America. I've forgotten how much it means to be alone and in a place that allows one to be silent.

So tomorrow I get to have a mountain experience in the flatlands of Kansas.

Hope you too can get a period of quiet reflection into your week.

This may well be the best Staff Conference I have ever been on! I am so excited!

Yeah!!!!!

But remember.... Shhh...... I'll be alone!