My adventure today was re-visiting with my Tree Friends in the little wood right near our flat just outside Frankfurt, Germany. I had been absent after 10 days away in the UK, followed by a ‘clearing’ flu, and today Spring was in full bloom, the sun shining strong, the breeze calling to me…

So after my morning meditation and energy work, feeling re-fuelled, off I went to reconnect with nature and myself. At the same time I decided to finally start the 30 day Re-Wilding Challenge (http://rewildyourlife.com), and the theme for Day 1 was to Free Myself and set an intention for the next 30 days of reconnecting with the natural world. And that was exactly my intention – Reconnecting with Presence and allowing myself to be nurtured by Mother Earth.

Along my path to the wood, I passed bright yellow fields of rapeseed, glowing in the sun, opening my heart to the full beauty of Spring having finally arrived.

As I approached the wood, the trees started swaying in the breeze, and I got the distinct feeling they were excited to see me! It dawned on me that they may have missed me too… and as I started walking down the path embraced by the abundant foliage that had seemingly grown overnight, I realised: these trees are my friends! Whenever I feel lonely in this new country, I can come and be with the trees and feel held and loved.

And as I walked down the path, an incredible beauty filled my eyes…a thick carpet of white wildflowers had bloomed in my absence and covered the whole ground at the foot of the trees…it was stunning!

In my latest visit to the UK I had been reminded of how much I would miss the uniquely English bluebells in the woods, and, as I often fall in the trap of doing, I had been comparing once more the UK to Germany, with rose-tinted glasses for the country I had left behind, already nostalgic for the bluebells I would NOT be seeing back in Germany…. When here my eyes were being suddenly gifted with a whole other flower and scent in this German woodland. And I got the message…

When we remain attached to what we have left behind, we miss seeing what is New, right in front of us, and we deprive ourselves of new gifts and unexpected beauty…

I feel this new land seducing me, inviting me to feel at home here, and with the gorgeousness of Summer beckoning, I suddenly do not feeling like travelling away so much… I think I am starting to feel at Home…