Creature of Comfort
Here I am sitting on the cushy chairs of Starbucks in Amsterdam airport, during my 6 hour layover on my way to Israel. I am usually a critic and somewhat boycotter of Starbucks, not wanting to support large conglomerates, but I have to admit after getting unstuffed from that 9 hour flight at 4am Vancouver time, 2pm Amsterdam time, I was grateful to see the comfy chairs and the familiar logo. (The rest of the airport is equipped with lovely hard plastic chairs with arms, not an ounce of comfort in those puppies). So I proceeded to get my Tazo Calm tea and take a very welcome post in the cozy stuffed armchair next to the window. Drank my tea with relish, blocked the constant and very annoying airport announcements out with my ipod earphones and lay my head down to sleep on the soft cushy arm of my Starbucks chair. There is snow outside, it’s winter here, hard to imagine that I’ll soon be in the Israeli desert where it’s dry and warm. Hard to believe I’ll be in Israel period. A long time dream of living on a kibbutz coming true! And an ecovillage Kibbutz to boot, even better. Not to mention my dream of making films. It’s amazing what one can create and accomplish when dedicated to living life to the fullest and in alignment with one’s deepest heart’s purpose! I have to admit I am a little nervous that something will go terribly wrong, it just seems all to good to be true that somethings got to blow it. And I am hopeful that everything does go well and in fact keeps getting better! Whatever, however it all turns out I know I will learn alot and have an incredibly enriching experience. I really feel at the precipice of the total unknown and am grateful to be sitting on a comfy chair as I prepare to jump!
My flight has been delayed by 3 extra hours. Yippee! Definitely grateful for the Starbucks chairs now. I have made a new friend, she picked me up at the gate, a woman from the Philippines who is married to an Israeli man.
Shortly after I lay down for a nap on the comfy Starbucks chairs we were kicked out for cleaning. This initiated a walk about in the Amsterdam airport. What an amazing place! I had a great time exploring the rest of the airport, found even comfier chairs associated with a funkier cafe and I eventually found a mediation room where I did some yoga to counter the travel stiffness and aches. Interesting how we can get stuck into a place of comfort and it’s not until someone kicks us in the butt do we venture off into new territory and discover something new!
Things that make you go hmmm…
