Having recklessly abandoned a simple life in Stanhope, with wonderful walks all round, daughters nearby, friends ... a project providing purpose, serving the elders ... reflecting on the relationship between server and served ... the energy exchange ... the danger in serving unthinkingly ... in wars perhaps ... setting off new chains of cause and effect in the seeming endless violence at all levels of this relative reality ... reflecting on this current posting at Casa del Puente .... freely chosen, apparently, yet responsible also to the family, keen to close the book on the Casa story and rather stuck with a crumbly asset in an overcrowded market ... no regrets, thanks to Edith Piaf and equanimity ...
What's the point? Releasing Juliet from servitude has its own reward ... and there will be others happy to live rent free for a while when this house sitter itches too much for another adventure ... the settled Stanhope life was fine, yet something itched ....
The Casa has seen some suffering ... the Costa too ... maybe this is a place and time for sanity, a simpler life amidst the decadence ... its intended resurrection as luxury villa for visiting polo people possibly passed ... maybe a place for therapy .... healing ... spiritual growth ...
The Bolonia break has focused things .... Santiago calls ... or the wandering amongst philosophers perhaps ... who knows what's coming? Staying open to opportunity ... and maybe creating purpose around the life arising ...
Speaking of which ... a long and deep conversation with departing respite house sitter Vicky suggests the opportunity at the Casa may indeed lie with the need for peaceful places in the sun where healing may happen ... through mutuality ...
As for purpose, presently waiting for neighbour having Chinese medicine treatment in Marbella ... since the car and driver are free and the trip is not practical when her five dogs are waiting for her back at home ... tapas on the terrace in shady Marbella, blogging, reflecting and passing time ... is enough for now ...
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