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When I started this blog a year ago, it was to document our year of travel. Now we are entering our “settled” time and I have spent much time considering what to do with our blog. Should I stop here? Should I keep writing about our new adventures?
I feel compelled to continue writing. I’m discovering that I really like this blogging thing, and like that I can keep in touch and connect with people through this platform. However, in order make the blog still relevant, I need to make it more expansive and encompassing of our life as it is now.
It will now include normal day-to-day successes and failures, possibly some spiritual talk, a journey through medicine, and hopefully some more travel. As I open up this blog to our lives, I want you to know where we are coming from. In the past, Rob and I weren’t sure what we believed or where we stood on important issues, but after this year of travel, we have figured it out. We have found “what we are.” We are Unitarian Universalists who follow a Buddhist path, so that is the perspective we see from. Regardless, I say now that I respect your point of view, I respect what you believe, and will always keep that at the forefront of my mind when I make any post.
Our new move to Columbus is bringing with it much change. Rob starts medical school in August and I will be starting my music teaching business in August as well. These are huge leaps of faith for us, but we are ready and eager for this new path.
When we were in India, the word “faith” kept coming to me. Have you ever experienced that? An image, word, feeling, person, etc. just keeps appearing to you? At this point, I guess I had opened enough spiritually to allow the word “faith” to re-enter my life. I went back to its roots and really asked myself, “What is faith?” I think there are many answers for this, and it depends on what angle you are coming from.
Because “faith” is so often associated with religions, I had closed it off from myself for a long time. But now, after an eye-opening year, discussions with people from all over the world, and seeing true humanity flourishing in the most difficult of situations, “faith” has definitely re-emerged in my life.
I am proud to say that for the first time, in a long time, I have faith. And it feels amazing. I have faith in others – with their ability to love and be loved. I have faith in myself – that I can create beautiful and important things. I have faith in the universe (my term for “God”) – that it is a complicated and mysterious thing that I am trying understand.
So here is my BIG leap of faith: I am starting a teaching studio (voice and piano) out of our home and am currently writing several e-books (on various topics) and singing e-courses that will be available online. It is scary to go out on your own and open yourself completely to everyone, but here I am. I will post details for my music website very soon!!
So here’s to a new beginning and a new chapter in life! We are thrilled you are on this journey with us.
Much love,
Amy + rob.
When I started this blog a year ago, it was to document our year of travel. Now we are entering our “settled” time and I have spent much time considering what to do with our blog. Should I stop here? Should I keep writing about our new adventures?
I feel compelled to continue writing. I’m discovering that I really like this blogging thing, and like that I can keep in touch and connect with people through this platform. However, in order make the blog still relevant, I need to make it more expansive and encompassing of our life as it is now.
It will now include normal day-to-day successes and failures, possibly some spiritual talk, a journey through medicine, and hopefully some more travel. As I open up this blog to our lives, I want you to know where we are coming from. In the past, Rob and I weren’t sure what we believed or where we stood on important issues, but after this year of travel, we have figured it out. We have found “what we are.” We are Unitarian Universalists who follow a Buddhist path, so that is the perspective we see from. Regardless, I say now that I respect your point of view, I respect what you believe, and will always keep that at the forefront of my mind when I make any post.
Our new move to Columbus is bringing with it much change. Rob starts medical school in August and I will be starting my music teaching business in August as well. These are huge leaps of faith for us, but we are ready and eager for this new path.
When we were in India, the word “faith” kept coming to me. Have you ever experienced that? An image, word, feeling, person, etc. just keeps appearing to you? At this point, I guess I had opened enough spiritually to allow the word “faith” to re-enter my life. I went back to its roots and really asked myself, “What is faith?” I think there are many answers for this, and it depends on what angle you are coming from.
Because “faith” is so often associated with religions, I had closed it off from myself for a long time. But now, after an eye-opening year, discussions with people from all over the world, and seeing true humanity flourishing in the most difficult of situations, “faith” has definitely re-emerged in my life.
I am proud to say that for the first time, in a long time, I have faith. And it feels amazing. I have faith in others – with their ability to love and be loved. I have faith in myself – that I can create beautiful and important things. I have faith in the universe (my term for “God”) – that it is a complicated and mysterious thing that I am trying understand.
So here is my BIG leap of faith: I am starting a teaching studio (voice and piano) out of our home and am currently writing several e-books (on various topics) and singing e-courses that will be available online. It is scary to go out on your own and open yourself completely to everyone, but here I am. I will post details for my music website very soon!!
So here’s to a new beginning and a new chapter in life! We are thrilled you are on this journey with us.
Much love,
Amy + rob.
Our new home! Little me is under the tree.
