Genau

3 Oct

It’s Monday morning… or oops, should I say afternoon. Typically Mondays after a seminar are notably quiet and the stillness of this afternoon, masquerading as morning, is unmistakable. Dan, my fellow American here and steady porch companion is out-of-town visiting a friend. My hostess arrived back from a seminar last night and I haven’t heard from either of my hosts today from their home down the street. There is a friend visiting at Seminar Haus… who has been here before since my time in Germany. A German man about my age. He arrived a few days ago as the first stop of his bike ride to Italy where he intends to live for about six months. He came here on Saturday just 30 kilometers away from his original spot. He joked with “the guys” about staying here in Wettenbostel, but writing his blog as if he is traveling and en route to Italy… searching and downloading pictures from the internet as if he has been there. We will see how the journey progresses.

And for me, right now its nice to have a quiet morning…. I mean afternoon… that’s twice now. The guests left happy and well fed yesterday afternoon and since we have been mostly relaxing and enjoying the leftovers from the meal.

A small but modest update in the evolution of me, Germany and speaking German… my inner voice now speaks one word of German. Perhaps you know the voice… the one within that offers clues of what to do, which way to go, what is best… that inner wisdom. My inner voice now says, “genau” (ga-NOW). Kind of funny, but there it is. Genau is the one german word that has eeked into my psyche. I hear it all the time. Essentially it means correct, exactly or right on… and there it is hanging out in my inner wisdom… assuring me of proper judgement or good direction. Genau.

And other than that all is well… my standard dosage of yoga, Reiki and a little run today and presently a light rain trickling in the garden. There is a rich quietness but not a loneliness and our bicycling guest is not far away on the Seminar Haus “campus”. So what’s next you ask? Some leftovers? Perhaps a little Reiki with our visiting traveler? Perhaps. We’ll just take it as it goes. Genau.

Photo by Michael Hartley