01 May 2011
Wall Near Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
I had very high hopes about posting my Iona blog today...but no such luck. I had to come into work on Saturday, which threw off my lazy time at home quite severely. I only really got into gear this morning...
So, in order to keep the posts coming, I thought I'd share a little fun fact about Scotland and me. My lucky number, 8, always seems to follow me around.
In 2008, when I went for my 30th birthday, I was put in room 8 at Newbold House (and I believe in the Inverness hostel too). Then in 2009, I was put in room 8 at the St. Columba Hotel on Iona. I got such a kick out of that. I didn't have that kind of luck this time, but I like to think it expanded beyond room numbers.
I tend to see or notice a lot of 8's when I'm there too...so this time I made a little game out of it and would stop to photograph them whenver one caught my eye.
One of the things I kept marveling at was how all the little seeds I began planting years ago (possibly that first time I set foot in Edinburgh) are all starting to sprout beautifully. All the work is starting to pay off.
I had moments while participating in sing alongs at the hotel, or the pilgrimage walk, where I stopped and said, "This is my life! This is happening..." whereas before I would almost watch everything like an outsider and say, "I wish this was my life!"
That was quite a shift. To realize that I've been traveling to this place, and even though it might only occupy a corner of my existence right now, what a blindingly beautiful corner to have created.
XO