Gratitude (London years: 2000 - 2003)

 

London life

• Deciding to go to London to escape financial demons
• Set me up for travel and Australia
• Getting Hammersmith Grove apartment
• My new computer
• Having Ally's support (depression, tour-leading)
• Keri's access to play tickets
• Rollerblading
• Touch rugby
• Joanna, Colleen, Steve

Siegelgale

• Getting the job
• Newbie hired at same time as me: took some pressure off
• Learned how to create presentations with a flow
• Exposure to lovely, creative people: Peter, Anita, Aaron, Ken
• Put onto Bank Hapoalim Project to be nurtured by Anita and Peter
• Talie at Bank Hapoalim
• Leaving when I did (not long before closed London office)

Africa

• Deciding to go
• Able to leave from Cape Town
• Lovely group

Nepal

• Decision to go
• Meeting Dutch girl  - impetus to do it without using a guide
• Meeting Nic, Sanjay and co
• A chance to read spiritual books and connect to wonder and beauty

Middle east tour-leading

• Oasis just happening to need a new leader when they did
• Resigning which took all the pressure off
• Donna and Garry
• Offered South America leg (good for my confidence)
• Shona and Nici

Volvo

• Had Javed and Ken to give me a reference
• Ken asked me to do some work and I impressed him (to get reference)
• Sending my CV to Volvo
• Getting the call from Matts
• Caroline as a soul-mate
• The great success of the project (great team)
• Andrew Titley made me look good
• CMS training person left and I took over (a thrived with it)
• Volvo coming when it did (and the incredible renaissance it sprung)
• Feeling so confident (on a grateful high)
• Iguazu Falls, Asheville, Gothenburg

Spirituality

• Rosemarie giving me Conversations with God - causing a whole new way of seeing God
• Annapurna Circuit, especially the stillness at the lake, inspired by Deepak Chopra

Life Trove

• Finding blogs when surfing which would later inspire Life Trove