From here to there feeling the connection :)

Sunset in the cranes in Copenhagen, a few months ago

Hello hello… :)

Once again it has been a while since I wrote last time. There were many times I started writing and then I got so full with my emotions that I stopped writing. But tonight, I want to write. I guess I write for me. And then I like to share, with you… :) Happiness is true when it is shared, I read somewhere. Maybe its true :)

So I guess last time I wrote was around 2 months ago. Lots of stuff happened, I think I will write more often. From Copenhagen I went to a massive festival in Denmark , made some money in recycling, then hitched back to Amsterdam where I chilled for a bit. Then off to Hungary and Ozora festival, a bit of Budapest , off to Vienna , then a small stop in Munich and now where Im writing these lines Im in a window under the moon, facing the roofs of Lyon … :)

On my way to Amsterdam I made a stop to visit a good friend in a German town just by Hamburg . I slept under a bridge. And it was so beautiful. How can be sleeping under a bridge be so beautiful…? Was cold and wet, so was crouching inside my sleeping bag. But on the first light I could see the trees. And then it started raining. And it was so beautiful, to just listen and watch the rain dropping on the trees, sleeping under a bridge… no people, just the sound of the rain and the small stream below the bridge.

And then I visited a woman, which I met out of the blue, hitching from Berlin to Germany . She is one of the most remarkable persons I have met. Almost in her fifties, but still so young, full of life and love, and so beautiful :) Beauty in the soul many times reflects the appearance too… :) She is doing many things, teaching kids that there is a different truth out there and most important, making them understand, in their own way, how to help the people. She is the “chosen” mother of a kid in India , which she will go visit soon. And I was thrilled to see the results of her work, on the writings of the kids. Kids writing about how they want to travel the world and help those in need, open organizations and clinics, help the animals, experience the unexperienced… things sometimes people my age do not even imagine, these kids had them in their minds. I can just simply respect and say thank you to this woman, giving hope and love to the world. And we talked and talked, about life, about dreams, spirituality, hopes and love. And she told me amazing things. She is the kind of person you can listen to all night and day with a glass of wine :)

Chilled out in Amsterdam for almost a month, and then went back to Hungary , for one of my favorite festivals, Ozora festival. And once again, it filled my heart with so much joy, love, happiness, freedom and bliss… how can it be that in that green Hungarian valley, around 12000 people gathered once again, and they shared so much love and smiles and good energy… it is a month now since it has finished, and I am still overwhelmed… once again I danced and danced all day under the sun. With all these amazing beautiful wonderful people. Smiling to each other, knowing in our hearts that everything in this world can be better, if we continue to have each other, connecting and sharing love and peace.

On my last night, something amazing happened. With some wonderful friends, we lighted up a big paper lantern and holding hands, we released it to the sky. With our love, dreams, thankfulnes, and hopes for the future. It went up high to the starry sky and I felt all the good energy being released. I smiled and let myself to the bliss and happiness of the moment. It was a silent prayer, for all of us… that night, after a wonderful conversation, I climbed a hill. And there I put my sleeping bag and slepted under the stars… overlooking all the valley where this amazing gathering had taken place. And I was so happy, I could not sleep. From my happiness, I did not feel the cold but instead I felt so much warm.

All these stars up there shining bright to me, I was contemplating all the energy I got from that gathering. And was thinking about a small island in the Philippines , which is where I used to sit under the stars as a kid, because there was no electricity. And they told me that the stars are like the people, all together in the sky, but each one alone, making its path, following its own dreams. People who leave this world become stars, and the brightest the star the better was the soul of the person, so it shines bright down to earth reminding everybody of its kindness. I loved the connection of the people with the stars. I still believe in it. And I found out something very interesting.. Sometimes two stars come close to each other. And then the gravity of the one starts to use the gravity of the other, pulling them slowly slowly, shanti shanti together. It takes a long time, but in the end, the stars meet each other. And then, they stay together forever as one, with their energy creating a huge explosion that shakes the galaxy, which is known as supernova. Maybe the same thng can happen with people… :)

After Ozora, spent some days in Budapest and then went to Vienna to visit a friend. I spent some time with some really wonderful people, connecting, dancing, smiling, creating, sharing love and happiness. Everybody went on its way, so did I, and found myself here in Lyon, in the south of France . And tomorrow I will be on the road again, going to every village-town on the way to the north, trying to find a job picking up grapes in the vineyards. Picking season started early this year, and I am late as usual, many of the teams are full, but I have nothing to loose. Most probably will be sleeping somewhere out on the nature again :)

My last afternoon in Vienna I saw one of the most beautiful sunsets ever. Its amazing how every sunset in your life is so special. Purple, orange and red explosion of colours and clouds that looked like from a painting filled the sky. I felt rejoiced and very happy to be able to enjoy that simple fulfilling moment… On my way out of Vienna , I hitched again, towards Germany . Got some rides a few hundreds km, but then I got a ride that dropped me on the wrong motorway. And after staying there for a few hours, exchanging smiles with people who were going to the opposite direction, I saw a young couple, a red haired girl with a blue haired guy, full of tattoos with their baby. They looked at me for afar, and I felt that if they stop, I will take this ride, no matter where they go. And of course, they were going to a city on the opposite direction where I was going, around 200+km. But I did not care. So I sat in the back with two dogs, which the one thought I was a lollipop and was licking me all the way :) And what a beautiful way it was through the Austrian mountains. Had a full moon and reached the city at nighttime. Slept on the park with a homeless old guy, and later on an super drunk old guy joined. He was a mix of an artist-philosopher, with his sunglasses (at 3am), long white hair and clothes. With a beer in hand was shouting some German, laughing like a pig and giving the finger to the cops on their face shouting “fuck the police”. He gave me a warm handshake and introduced himself. So much fun. Mumbling in German, he was telling me after “happy sleep haha, happy sleep”. Lots of fun. But around 4am the cold was really getting into my spine, so I decided to go find a warmer place, and I did by a bank where the walls were really narrow.. And from there, apart of sleeping a bit, I watched how the night turned into day, in the city of Graz :) And it was a beautiful sunrise! All the night was worth it!! :)

Its amazing, all these simple things, can fill us with so much bliss. This peacefullness that we all have inside us, but many people do not manage to reach anymore, because they have forgoten to enjoy the moment and live the present. Because their stress for the future blindfolds them. Or sometimes they are stuck in the past… I wish all the people could feel this feeling. The feeling that you want to go out on the streets and start hugging and kissing all the people you meet in your path. But there are people who manage to reach this bliss. If only we could all unite and try to make this world a better place, united and loud. Maybe we could succeed… :)

What is this all about…? Making money? Having a career? Expensive cars? Making a family, kids, grandkids…? I do not know, I do not think I am the person to say. But what I can say, is that we should go after our dreams, no matter what the cost or what society and people say. And the ones who really love you, will understand your path, respect, appreciate and love you even more. Doing the things you love, will make you realise the love you have for yourself, your inner being. And after accepting and loving yourself in everybit, you can then love others too. But love in the pure form. The kind of love you give and expect nothing back from where you give. The love that has no commitments, no contracts, no laws, no bonds, absolute freedom. And this pure love, is the strongest one. Feeling this, then life becomes more colorful, wherever was black there is now white, where there were troubles there is hope. Even through the ups and down, which of course they exist in life, they take part in a higher level. The universe rewards the ones who take risks on its behalf and when you give love, it will give it back to you, one way or another. I believe this very strong by now, because I have witnessed it many times. So I choose to continue living my life free, trying to give as much as I can… :) Because it is all about the people… :)

So these are my thoughts at the moment, Im happy to share with you. Before I finish I would like to say how much I love my family, who are always by me with their energy and love, even being always so far away. My father, mother and brother (and my dog), who never opposed me, no matter what path I choose to take in this life :)

I send you a lots of love, light, happiness and a big smile :)

Yours, Dia :)