Normally I know what to say before I venture onto here. This time I am blank…quite amazed I think. It’s the smiles that don’t lie. How can they look so Happy, down to their bones Happy? It’s puzzling my brain which is used to seeing people grinning and bearing a lot of life. A very different kind of a smile!
I’m on retreat in Inverness at a place called Anam Cara. It’s all eco built from scratch and not run for a profit. 8 acres of land high on a hillside. Stunning.
Last night there was a fire at one of the volunteers hobbit like houses. She’s lived here 8 years, only came for a course and just stayed. They built her house out of a whisky barrel tucked up high on a hill.
She’s leaving today for a new life, but last night she sang and celebrated round the fire. Handed out hemp milk spicy hot chocolate and we sang and talked from our hearts. It was her face I couldn’t peel my eyes from. She looked so happy. Raw, wild, free, real. She spoke and sang and celebrated like she knew us intimately. All the crew here did. Where were their barriers? It was stunning. As stunning as the sea of lights in front of us from Inverness. A part of me..the firefly part..whispered ‘you need this.. the real people… the raw inner light.. the wildness… you’re not made for a city and straight jacket ways.. tight smiles and politeness.. why not just dive in?’
Dive in where, how and into what? I’m not sure, but a spark has been ignited by a smile xx
Such a lovely piece now you know why Anam Cara beloved to me Anna xx
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Yes indeed xxxx
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