May 21 on returning from work, it seemed that I would no longer be able to participate in the project in Senegal.
The process of reflection triggered by this email from Senegal was worth the disappointment. Often I have found that when I choose to view what seem obstacles at first sight as opportunities for growth, growth is exactly what I do experience. So yesterday, I envisioned Not going to Senegal, not working with 10,000 Girls, and I saw that I would find other opportunities- that this dream, as important as it had been, did not contain the 'purpose' for my life. I imagined myself doing other things this summer, finding other people to work with, and I knew I had the inner resources to take this turn in the road. I took an important step through the dream.
This cold Alberta spring morning, I am sitting in my 13th floor apartment at my laptop and I feel at peace. I feel grounded. I am going forward with my plans. I spoke with two of the women in the project and I feel closer having heard their voices. My experience this summer seems more solid. I will go Insha Allah and participate and learn. I am sure to come across the unexpected. I sure to meet many interesting people.
I just reread my earlier posts. Since the first one, I have reconnected with a former student from Montreal on Facebook. Moussa is from Senegal and it has been fun exchanging a few words in Wolof, French and English.
--Loubess? (Quoi de neuf? What's new?) - I texted him recently.
- Dara. (Rien de spécial. As usual.) - He texted back.
I have exchanged a few words with my long-time friend, 'Vieux', from Montreal and learned how to say Happy Birthday (dewenety)
Just recently I have begun teaching a new group at NorQuest College and have had the pleasure of meeting Fatou. She is from The Gambia, Mandinka by ethnicity ... vivacious, positive and working very hard at improving her writing and reading skills. She also speaks Wolof.
So ndanka ndanka... :-) .Slowly Slowly... l'oiseau fait son lit. (the bird makes its nest)
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