If it fits...

Sometimes I feel a little like I’m living two lives at one; one where nothing works out, I am never on time, and technology fails; and another where everything falls into place, the Universe is working with me, and I have perfect organization and management. Lucky for me, going to Israel fits into the latter category.

I spent much of yesterday thinking about the logistics of this trip. How will I pay airfare? Can I afford my expenses back at home? Will I be able to bring gifts back for friends? Am I going to be stuck with a meal plan or will I be able to use my free time to go out to eat? There is one common theme, for me, in these questions: money.

But then, something amazing happened. I put my needs out into the Universe (i.e. the internet) and suddenly, I got my first online donation. And not a little donation either. $400, for me, for my trip. Amazing! Suddenly, my first financial hurdle in the trip is taken care of. I suddenly have people telling me they are giving me sums as well.

Then this morning, I get a call from one of best friends (who I rarely see, only slightly less rarely talk to). I tell her about the trip. She has some questions, of course, and some concerns. So we play the throw-obstacles-in-front-of-me so-I-can-question-myself game, and somehow I have already thought of all the things she brings up.

Sunset at home last month: sometimes perfect happens

Then, this afternoon, I get my first IN PERSON donation $5 from KP, the electrician at Marlboro College (to be posted on gofundme after I put it in the bank tomorrow)! I’m putting my intentions out into the world, and I am being returned with goodness of the people around me. Thank you! This is becoming real. Really, really real.

I am going to Israel, the pieces are falling into place, and the road is before me!

As always, I welcome any and all donations for my trip. You sharing this is donation enough of you are willing.