Linda Heinsdijk: “If I am who I am, I attract beautiful people” (report)

Walk of Wisdom

Every step I take is taken more and more consciously
I am aware of everything I carry with me
The backpack is carefully packed
Every piece has been thought through
Do I want to wear this?
Do I want to take this with me on my path?
What do I need?
Don’t carry around too much
I thought before I left, that backpack was too heavy
That I couldn’t wear it myself for the whole trip
But that backpack weighed much less
than what I carry on my shoulders in my daily “normal” life

The WOW throws me completely back on myself
For a while, I only play the role of myself
My other roles, such as mother, daughter, sister, wife, friend, colleague
They are all off-line

I can say what I want
Do what I want
Eat what and when I want
Don’t have to discuss the next step
I just walk my path, by feeling,
with full confidence
On to the next page
The route has already been mapped out
All I have to do
is to open myself up to everything that comes

I can feel how hot it is
Don’t check a weather app first
But look up
It comes as it comes
No good or bad weather
I experience rain, sun, wind and silence
Mountains and valleys
I’m walking on
with my backpack on my back
I can wear it

Sometimes a beautiful person walks along
Some short, others several pages
I enjoy the conversations,
their presence and laughter
Immediately there is a connection, a deep contact
We understand each other, walk the same path
Each with our own intentions and experiences
We don’t talk to fill the silence
People only talk when something is said
No blah blah blah, no empty words

Enjoying all that beauty on my own is wonderful
but to be able to share all that splendor with someone who has only been walking along for a short distance,
is a great gift
Thoughts, feelings, and emotions are shared
and also chocolate, coffee, salad, raspberries, blister plasters and music
I am so grateful for everything I am allowed to receive
‘Cause what someone gives me,
has been packed and carried along very deliberately.
Sometimes a few kilometers, sometimes even days.
I have learned that I can receive, with open arms
That I can be who I want to be
If I am who I am,
I attract beautiful people who (want to) understand me
‘Cause I’m clear, pure myself
No frills, no mask
Just myself
And I’m prettier, stronger, funnier, smarter and more sociable than I thought

Overnight stay, always a new place
What an indulgence
Super sweet people who immediately offer me a warm home,
Giving attention, caring, having beautiful conversations, serving the most delicious meals, giving insights and mirroring me
They give so much
I am so grateful for all these treasures and I enjoy it immensely

Continue walking alone, step by step
I often stop to look, smell and feel
All those colors, all those smells
Lots of stimuli, but no noise
Outside all day
The birds are chirping

Lots of young animals on my path
Foals, lambs, storks, ducklings, chicks, kittens, bunnies,
even a woodpecker just fledged
So pure, such a blank slate
Ready for life, ready for what’s to come.
I feel reborn
I walk my path with a smile from ear to ear
With open arms for all that comes

Linda Heinsdijk