I certainly had a wild ride so far since some challenges in personal relationship came into my life. Now that i look back at it, there were couple of unrelated events which preceded it and didn't make sense at the time. One time at night, we woke up of loud short circuit of the main electrical wire to the house. The other one was even stranger: old man in the car hit the power pole next to our house on a quite street that we live on. At the time, i didn't not connect these events or didn't know what they are supposed to mean.

The challenges were building as a tidal wave one after another and the more i persisted or denied more painful it became until i accepted the challenge head on. The illusion burst over time in succession one after another. I came to accept the situation and didn't need it go away. It felt like i didn't have to drop the hot coals - they just cooled down in my hands over time. I am still in the midth of it but mostly processed. I realized it is still possible to have a relationship without attachment as long as you are accepted and have space to evolve and grow.

Also, looking back at it - it was like sometimes i was looking forward to new challenges and trying to make the most of the opportunities presented, was pulled to the core of it. Interestingly that the challenges would keep coming back until i got it. Syncronistically, i found Openhand and was reading the 5 Gateways book when it all started so that certainly helped. Thank you Open and Openhand!

With Love,

Anatoly