To be honest, I find it very hard to
stay emotionally and socially connected to Nangi Village from Australia. I find it hard to
relax here, let alone imagine again how relaxed I felt in Nangi Village. But
that feeling is why I am continue to find avenues to sell their paper
products, and that feeling is the pinnacle to the success of the
project here in Australia. I have been seeking some advice through
some exerts of my own journal that I wrote in Nepal;
14th December 2009.
“ Post Beni- Strange Beni, to humble,
healing, triumphant, Nangi Village. Where round faced people greet is
with mountainous courage, stability, confidence and consideration. I
feel safe here! I feel honoured to have found a place so warming and
pure (despite how crisp the air is- it balances with the heart and
warmth of this lingering spirit.”
My lesson on reflecting on this
writing, is to remind myself of how sure I am of Nangi and their ability to grow their
community. I am a liaison privileged to be involved. There are these
privileges in all walks if we have space to notice.
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My feeling in Nepal also makes me feel somewhat bigger, stronger and I guess more complacent than I do in Australia. I remember conversing about my “luck”, and others' “luck”. But I don't like this concept of owning or even wishing luck.
Journal extract 25th
November 2009
“The luck I want, needs to be earned.
I'll cure this headache through time and good balancing ventures.
I'll wish love upon others – but not luck. Through love, and peace
and health we can feel love, but we do not posses it.”
This feeling of luck is necessary for
opportunistic change in White Circles. My lesson from this exert is
to bring love into the project as I would in the Village. Practice
nurturing the environment I work in here, and actively wish that the
women are enjoying their tea break and that their walk home was
pleasant. This is second nature to wish when I am in Nangi, and it
may be just as powerful to wish it from afar, whenever I am working
with my White Circles hat.
