Doris Muna

I have been traveling all my life and this summer the dreaded “I lost my luggage” happened.

The emotions that poured and escalated and went through many changes of ups and downs left me breathless.

So I fluctuated between:

• No problem, the airlines will locate it
• It’s been 24 hrs and no news about my luggage
• Last time I’m traveling with this airlines
• What the **** it’s now 48 hrs
• Seriously, in this day and age of airport security they cannot find my luggage?
• I buy my 100euros of necessities which does not buy you much if you are in Europe (airline budget)
• It seems no one at the retreat I’m at wears my size of shoes …
• Who needs more clothes
• I’m grateful I have 2 items of everything and water so I can do laundry
• I am detaching from my belongings
• I’m letting go
• A few days more I was saying: What luggage?

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When it comes to taking much needed time off, what do you do? Many go on vacation. But when you talk to these folks once their vacation is over, many will say they need a vacation from the vacation.

As time seems to speed up we tend to do the same with our vacation time. We want to get in as much play time as possible, so we tend to go overboard.

• 5 hour flight to destination
• Go to the pool to relax
• Get ready for dinner
• Get up early to take advantage of the breakfast buffet
• Take a 3 hour jeep ride across the terrain
• Stop for lunch
• Head off to the beach for a bout of snorkeling
• Head back to the hotel, get cleaned up and head out for dinner
• Take a 5-hour tour of the city
• Get back to the hotel and spend a couple of hours by the pool
• Get cleaned up and head off to another excursion – Head back to the hotel, get cleaned up and head off to the dinner and show.

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Thousands of people each year suffer from the fear of flying, yet when you ask each person why, they simply state they hate flying. But why? It seems that in most cases it’s the fear of the unknown.

• Will I make it in one piece?
• What if we crash?
• I’ve seen YouTube videos of turbulent flights and how people are hurt, what if this happens to me?
• Seeing the flight attendant demonstrating what to do in an emergency or watching a video about it?

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You meet someone for the first time, go to shake hands and have an electoral charge that’s absolutely hard to explain.

• Could it be it’s a dry day and you simply denote it to an electric shock similar to that of rubbing your feet on carpet and then touching an object only to get an electric shock?
• Is it love at first touch causing a warm sensation once your hands touch?
• Or maybe it’s a familiarity that you can’t seem to explain, even after going through all the places you may have met only coming up with no answer why this person looks so familiar to you.

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When it comes to people the one thing we know is that we all have different ways of digesting information. However, many of us don’t realize what type of learners we are until we understand the different types of learning modalities. Some could say there are doers, while others may say they do better with visuals, and others may say they need to hear it first before they capture the information . What many of us don’t realize is that we are combination learners. Let me explain by giving you the different modalities and then you can see for yourself how you best digest information.

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I believe one of the most majestic things in nature are trees.

• They have the ability to grow a little or grow to heights way beyond our reach without special equipment.
• They provide shelter for many birds, monkeys, squirrels, and other animals across the world. – During parts of the year they become so colorful many photographers spend time capturing the exquisite colors.
• They provide food for many animals and insects alike.
• They provide shade from the sun’s hot rays.
• They provide a place of shelter during turbulent storms.

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Have you looked out the window to find a spring shower has begun? For many the rain may bring strife as they think about driving on the wet streets, how traffic may be worse, or how your newly washed car was dirty again . There’s another way of looking at these spring showers.

• Much needed water to quench the thirst of many plants allowing them to bloom into their full colors.
• Washing away the dirt and grim built up over days of wear and tear on streets, sidewalks and driveways.
• A much-needed bath for many birds and animals alike.
• The opportunity to slow down and take time to enjoy the ride home.
• The smell of freshness and nature

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Many people ask me how I stay so calm and at peace every day. It’s quite simple, I meditate every morning when I get up and before I go to bed. I’m sure you’ve heard this before over and over again. But it’s true. It really works. By taking the time to do simple meditation you allow your body to relax and your mind to let go.

Let me take you through the process:

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• Do you find it hard to put it down?
• Do you find yourself saying, “just one more email, one more text, one more call?”
• When you go to bed do you turn it off? • When you eat dinner with the family do you bring it with you and ignore the family?
• While walking down the street do you look up or is it too hard to take your eyes from the small screen? •
• Are you driving when you realize that you aren’t sure if you stop at the stop sign or not, because you were too busy texting?
• Is this the new addiction?

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When you look up the word Integrity you will most likely get a definition like this:

Integrity is the qualification of being honest and having strong moral principles, or moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to hold oneself to consistent moral and ethical standards. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions.

But when asked if you have integrity can you truthfully say “Yes”? I’m most certain that the majority of people can answer this question with a yes, but there are times when we think long and hard that we may have to say “no”. This doesn’t mean we are a bad person, it simply means we need to reframe how we do business or treat people as well as ourselves. As long as we treat others as we wish to be treated, 9 times out of 10 it works well. But there are those you may come across who don’t feel they deserve to be treated well, so most likely they will do the same to others.

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