I don’t do mornings.
It takes me a long time to get going in the morning. So I have a number of mantras I chant under the shower.
“I live an enchanted life” is one of them.
Last week I saw it come true during my trip to the US.
I had a series of enchanted moments that made my stay in California and Colorado very special and took away the stress of the past month.
One day, I entered my hotel room in Denver while the maid was cleaning it. The book on my night table, Three Cups of Tea, the incredibly moving story of Greg Mortenson’s work, caught her eye.
“What’s your name?” she asked and added “mine is Ida”.
There was this light in her eyes. Was it because we care about the same things?
The next morning, I was the only passenger on the shuttle bus back to the airport. The driver, Samuel from Ethiopia, bought me coffee and talked to me about spirituality.
And of course, I had a great time giving a presentation on Corporate Social Responsibility at IABC’s Southern Region conference.
I was delighted to see that CSR, a real passion of mine, is drawing so much interest. I am particularly happy that the people in my session were so interested in the case study I presented about Grameen and Danone.
Given how fond I am of Prof. Yunus, I can talk non-stop about Grameen.
At the end of my trip, I spent a couple of days in Napa with my friend’s daughter, Lana.
The day before I left we made a card for my mum and drew a rainbow on it.
And guess what…I woke up the next day, went outside and there it was…this enormous rainbow…the biggest Lana and I have ever seen.
I do live an enchanted life.
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