I arrived home today at three in the morning after a lovely break away in the Canary Islands. I had hoped to come back with stories in abundance of coincidences and synchronicity - but I guess it doesn't always work like that. Coincidences have a mind of their own and don't come on tap exactly when you want them to.
Nevertheless a couple of things that I think are worth mentioning. Firstly about messages. Nothing dramatic but, as I mentioned previously in the post A Message Without The Messenger Realising, sometimes - if we are observant - small message nudges can help us along the way.

Without any previous words being spoken the man in front turned to me and said in broken English, "Relax, you are in the Canaries, there's no rush."
I wasn't aware that I was in any way tense but I must admit I don't usually like standing in queues and maybe the gentleman picked up on this. But he got an important message across to me and after this there weren't two more chilled out people on the island than my wife and I - okay a slight exaggeration but after this we just went with the flow.

I said some silly remark about how the food didn't want to go onto her plate and she just smiled sweetly and said, "Yes, but isn't it great fun trying." Yes, she was also English!
So on my first day in the sunshine I had two message nudges: relax and have fun - and I did my best to adhere to the advice.


Photos: Mike Perry 2010
Really enjoyed these and the photos. The Canary Islands looked beautiful and, well, laid back!
ReplyDeleteLovely pics! So glad y'all are home safe and sound. The word verification is "manatoa"----doesn't that just sound like a tropical island?! ;-)
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