Climbing the Soul's Summit

  Turn On Your Trail How do you recognize your true desires? And that’s how it begins. When you decide to head into the mountains, you pack your backpack. You put inside everything you think you’ll need — food, water, first aid, and of course, something for the rain. Although, sometimes it’s not so bad to let yourself get a little wet. Just enough to step out of your comfort zone. And that very moment — stepping outside what feels safe — is the first point on your path. The most important path you will ever walk. The path of returning to yourself. The path on which you will eventually find your forest fairy curled up somewhere inside a wish that belongs only to you. Let’s begin. Before I reveal my three trails leading to the peak of the deep mountain within you, I want to tell you something. Please, don’t give up. No matter how hard the road becomes, no matter how hopeless it may seem — the emptiness you leave behind is always worse. Because other people’s desires and expectat...

            Where the Forest Begins When I was a little girl, I lived very close to the Danube. By the river, there was a small patch of woods. For me, at that age, that little grove was a rainforest. A wild place where I would go to play. I remember the way into the forest — you slip between two tall trees and suddenly you’re there, standing on a tiny clearing. Sunlight filters through the leaves, and you can see thin golden streaks on the wings of bees and butterflies. I would sit there for hours. Barefoot, feeling the grass under my feet, lost in my games. I was a forest fairy, and that was my kingdom. That was me . When Concrete Replaced the Grass And then we moved. Concrete replaced the grass. Insects no longer had golden streaks on their wings. And me? I started learning — you must, you should, you can’t… There were so many lessons that shaped me into what a “proper young lady” is supposed to be. From time to time, the Forest Fairy inside me wou...