May 22 cont...
My older couple were the last to leave and again offered me a ride.
I exuberantly accepted and, after a while, was relieved to see that the guy had the GPS sorted. I relaxed and started enjoying the scenery.
When we got to Temple 4, they said they were going to Temple 10 today and did I want to come with them?
Did I want to come with them????!!!!!!
YES! – I was back in the flow and the fold.
Shikoku was working it’s unique Magic and charm once again.
I arigatoed animatedly.
Now that I didn’t have to think and plan, and now that I wasn’t walking, I was able to see things I hadn’t noticed before and be reminded of the things I had.
I still wasn’t sure if they understood that this was my second time, and the reason for it so when we got to Temple 6, I excitedly said I had stayed here the first time and showed them the photo of Taieriki San, Kenji San and Yahiro San at exactly the spot where they were in the picture and said, pointing, Golden Week.
They definitely got it now.
It felt wrong not doing some form of ritual so, because I was starting to feel light and much more confident again, I started playing. I found myself alternating between saying my Gya Teis and reciting all the words to either Amazing Grace or Extraordinary Machine in a way that anyone who didn't understand English might think I was saying the Hanya Shinkyo. I was having fun again...
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