Space Gypsies: Rhada & Gopal

     I dedicate today to a very wise couple, Rhada and Gopal, who affectionately call themselves Space Gypsies. They came into my life during what I now call my ground zero phase. Right after I got back from Mexico with the midget, I got a job working for an independent interior designer – a woman whose greatest quality was insincerity- and I couldn’t have been less happy if I tried. While on a consult one day, we went to this amazing house on the distinguished Point Grey Road. The instant I walked into their house a wave of calm washed over me and as I fell in friendship with Rhada and Gopal I started to feel my spirit mend.

As I was in Downward Dog today in the gym, I couldn’t help think of Gopal and Rhada. I miss them. Our last visit was much too short, and I am looking forward to seeing them again. Both Gopal and Rhada are swamis and have both practiced and lived a yoga lifestyle before I was even born.

Every day on the ship is never a repeat of the day before. My job is filled with organized chaos and it’s easy to lose intention. Today while I eat my Fruit Lunch and Chick Pea and my quinoa (keen-wah)   dinner in the Staff Mess on Deck 0, I will be consciously thinking of my friends who in their own way helped restore me with their stories and just simply liking me at a time I couldn’t like myself.  

My mom told me once that regret is a waste of time and that in order to move forward, I must forgive myself. Couple that with the space gypsies showing me that with every decision made no matter the consequences there are always new friendships waiting to be practiced and I can say that my downward dog is getting more peaceful every day.