Tomorrow I will be settting off for Throssel Hole Buddhist Monastery for a long retreat. Towards the end of my stay there I will also take part in an intensive 4-day retreat. I am nervous because:
a) I've never stayed so long!
b) I've never done an intensive retreat!
c) I'm pretty much always nervous about something!
Having said that, I feel really lucky to be able to live out a dream of mine. Yup, that's right, I dream of sitting still for hours, reading sutras, bowing, cleaning, chopping vegetables, and painting walls.
Simple dreams.
See you in a month.
