So my final few days in Morocco were spent in Marrakesh. I needed to go back as I had previously left Marrakesh in a state of nervous system flight, so I had wanted to reframe this before heading off to my next destination. I knew I could leave with a different perspective of this city and it was my Intention to do so.
I was incredibly blessed. I had written a post into a women's expat group that I had been added to, asking if any of the women could put me up for the few nights before my flight. One of the women responded and we made arrangements. This, I will express here, added to the growing bank of evidence that was now fully flowing - that God was fully supporting me on this journey. It was also evidence that if we are brave enough to ask for help, often it will be given - but that's for another chapter.
So I arrived to meet Mireille in the early afternoon. I was feeling rather vulnerable having just said goodbye to one of my beautiful soul sisters. As I made my way into the grounds of Mireille's home I was immediately connected to the energy and the beauty of what was before my eyes. It was like stepping into some kind of magical secret garden. From what I remember, the walls were painted pure white and the entire garden was draped with the most beautiful flowers and hanging vines. The walls were covered with climbers and fruit vines and it emitted a sense of magic, the words 'es paradise' flowed to me as I made my way through to find Mireille. It took me some time to move through as I was trying to take everything in, my senses were alight. I remember there were many things flowing through my mind, but most predominantly it was something like 'I absolutely adore this and I hope to create something so beautiful one day'. You could just feel it had been crafted with so much consciousness and care.
Once inside I was greeted by Mireille. I remember feeling an instant draw to her. Have you ever had that experience of meeting someone and its like every cell in your being lights up and chimes 'I want to know more about this person'? Well this was certainly one of those moments. I have really noticed that in travelling, this draw to certain people seems to be heightened. I made my way through her home, I could feel that her energy was flowed through its entirety, a reflection. I felt a sense of strength, a sense of spaciousness, a sense of clarity, a sense of softness, a sense of purity, a sense of knowing, a sense of sharpness. Again I recall thinking something along the lines of 'I want to create this'. You see, moving through this journey, I am continuously taking note of things I like and things I do not, things that light me up and getting that felt sense of what it is about those things. This space was pure white with the most incredible yet simple additions and decor, and I realised it was the beauty of simplicity that really stood out to me here. I felt the noise and buzz of Marrakesh held within my nervous system instantly dissipate. I felt a sense of peace here.
I spent the next couple of days getting to know Mireille and even though it was an incredibly short time, I felt I gained more from knowing this incredible woman for only a few moments than I had gained knowing some people for years. Her energy was focused and strong and yet you could also feel the softness, the gentleness. I experienced her as both incredibly astute and yet warm and welcoming. I felt safe in her presence and I had the knowing I could learn a lot from her. I had longed for people who made me want to shut up and listen, through travelling I was having this need for grwoth met.
There were of course many, but for the purposes of this chapter, one of the most profound aspects of meeting Mireille was her sharing with me parts of her life story. She shared that she travelled over 30 countries, and lived in 7, and she explained that how in each country she became resident, she had identified a need and created a business to meet that need. She explained this had led her to learn many new skills. She had many fascinating stories of how she came to be a Mother, the businesses she had created, the people she had met, the way she had lived her life, the way she had transitioned and the reasons why and I listened intently to every single one.
In listening to each story I started to feel an intense sense of relief, and an intense sense of wonder. In listening to Mireille, it was like being given a completely new perspective to what I had always previously been led to believe was my chaos, my inability to stick at something, my desire for change and newness. There it was, this was my insight as to why I had done so many things in my life. I had never ever wanted to fit into the box and have one job, one career, one experience, one relationship, one partner, one home. I had tried so hard, but that had always been my idea of hell. I had read stories in the self help books and magazines, but I had never actually met with another person in physical though until this point, that was the living breathing proof that a multi-passionate life was not only completely viable, but also completely fulfilling. It was as if on a soul level I received the biggest wave of permission to 'be me', I felt this was a key piece in understanding and validating why I had always been so different and I could see what that future looked like now if I fully embraced it. It felt so freeing.
Mireille stated during one of our conversations that many referred to her as the black sheep of the family, with a big smile she said she always says 'I'm not the black sheep, I'm the pink unicorn', and she really was. When I heard of her life, for me, it felt like truly living. It felt adventurous, and rich and colourful. I know we all have different ideas and desires for what life should be, but I also wonder if so many of us live according to a false structure that we have all been conditioned to believe is 'the way', and in following this we feel sad, and repressed and unfulfilled? It feels imperative that we find out what living truly means for us, and for me - meeting souls who have lived outside of the box is really opening my eyes to all of the possibilities of what a life could look like.
This was my takeaway from my time with Mireille, and I would like this to be your take away from this chapter - let it be known - 'you are not the black sheep for wanting to do and doing things differently, you are the magical unicorn'. You want the colour, the variety, the experience , the adventure, the feeling of being alive in living. For all of us breaking the mould and forging a different way of living than the prescribed, and breaking through the generational and collective traumas - we are the magical unicorns.
Thankyou Mireille, for inspiring me to live my way from this day forward.
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