love is an adventure

Love and relationships = risk. This is enough to turn some people off even setting out on this adventure. Some after experiencing the losses & costs may alter their behavior so as to minimize the loss & the transformation that calls itself Love. However like any great adventure these journeys are not to be missed or even to be minimized in their experience. Any good explorer or adventurer would tell you that the unknown carries with it inherent risks and no guarantees but would also encourage you to prepare and proceed so as not to miss the experience (one of the greatest that Life offers).

The preparation and tools required are listed below:

• Prepare to surrender to forces greater than yourself, Mother Nature can be awesome and at other times horrendous
• In times of great danger, always look after yourself first before you try to help members of your team, this ensures that you will be healthy enough to really serve them
• Know that you will feel vulnerable as each time you will always feel that you are on new territory and that vulnerability can help keep you alive by giving you realistic and true information about yourself
• Protection from the elements is necessary in any Love adventurer’s pack – too long exposure to extreme weather – either heat or cold – can affect your ability to continue the journey
• Fuel is also an important ingredient which can hopefully be gathered from the natural surroundings, if not as in more Arctic regions, and then you may need to carry same with you. Fuel of course is the source of preparation of nourishment & warmth – without which any human will perish!

• Food is important as a source of sustainment along the way. If you can source this from your natural surroundings then well & good, but it may come in handy to also be carrying emergency reserves
• A general map of the terrain you plan to cover of course is of utmost necessity. This can be obtained from your past experience with Love and from feedback from your team’s experience.
• Reading a handbook about the possible challenges and risks beforehand is extremely beneficial. The more information the better! It may be helpful to carry this with you as in the stress of emergency situations, your mind may not be easily accessible and you will then have that support to hand if you cannot access support from those on your team.

• In this technological age, some form of communication that connects you with the outside world will also help e.g. phone or pc that connects you broadly & personally to information that may help you on the journey.
• Some small daily routine to support yourself has proved helpful in strange environments as it can provide continuity in situations that are totally foreign.
• Any quantity of COURAGE that you can access or acquire will be your main standby, because it is after all an adventure!

In spite of all this preparation you may often feel vulnerable, small & completely unprepared & of course LOST but you are guaranteed a peek into the 'Heart of Things'! Keep going because each step you take means that we all benefit for our own journeys!

Tribute to two Intrepid Love Adventurers Marie & Thomas:
Apologies for lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. Too much going on to manage to clear my head & heart for writing I was humbled recently by a great sadness when close friend Marie's little boy Thomas died last week after a courageous 4 year battle with a rare form of cancer. He was only 9 years old - very tragic! Marie is a great role model for Love and her adventure was more like a Trial by the Fire of Love. She faced the last 4 years and the end with incredible inner strength & wisdom & Love for her dearest & only child & herself. She is one of those intrepid explorers that we can all look to with great respect as a Leader in the field of Love!

THOMAS STAMP TZVETKOV
12 May 1998 - 3 March 2008
The family encourages donations to the Children's Medical and Research Foundation. To ensure that your donation is dedicated to cancer research and in his memory, please cite Thomas' name specifically. Contributions may be made online or by post to The Children's Medical & Research Foundation, 14-18 Drimnagh Road, Dublin 12, IRELAND
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