WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON’T YOU KNOW THE
OTHER IS OPEN?
Those lyrics from Bob Marley, Philosopher
from Jamaica, always held great meaning for me.
It is normal process to grieve for some
personal loss, at that time it is as if a door has been closed to an unlimited opportunity
to expand, speaking metaphorically in personal terms.
I have “lost” many countries, ones I had
fallen in love with and then for unexplained reasons or occasionally logical
ones, they disappear from my radar…It also has happened to people who put in an
appearance in my life and then are lost for ever.
Each loss is to be mourned but also to be
looked at as an opportunity for further choices and excitement.
Counties lost include Brunei, Sweden,
England, Jamaica, each of which I had lived and Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia in
Asia; Mexico, Argentina, Brasil in the Americas; Fiji and Zanzibar… all visited
upwards of ten times, at least…
Some come into your life and leave an
eternal impression, two such for me: Australia and Cuba. Both of which I
consider HOME.
I felt towards the end of January 2012 that
I had lost my interest in Malaysia and it was less than two months before a
chance meeting with the Humble Man of Bogor on an Flight within USA, that has
given me another love in Asia: Indonesia.
It has happened with people also, when
someone leaves your life, there is a profound sense of loss only to be overcome
by the excitement of new friends and lovers entering your life. Within weeks of
saying to a close friend from Japan, another entered, filling the heart with
even greater knowledge about Japan.
People come into your life for a reason and
they leave your life for a reason as well.
When my connection with Malaysia ended
about five months ago, I thought the frequency of travel to Asia would
diminish, if anything it has only increased. I am preparing for my fifth trip
to Asia this year! I hope to arrive in
Jakarta via Doha from the USA and get back to Paris via Cochin.
Each country leaves a little bit of it
behind in your soul, I learned so much about Human Nutrition in Japan and it
was in Malaysia that I heard about Kleishas. On my forthcoming lectures in
Bogor and Jakarta, I will be using both those. So my visits to Japan and
Malaysia have not been a waste!
WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON'T YOU KNOW THE
OTHER IS OPEN? THANKS, BOB!
