Life Is Full of Unexpected Surprises!
Training “Life in the Moment,” in the Carpathians, Ukraine. August, 2015.
Hello dear friends! I want to share one inspiring story with you and, through my own example, give you some motivation—to inspire you to dream more boldly, to believe in yourself, your goals, your dreams. To know exactly what you want, to act bravely, to use everything that your current reality offers, and to trust yourself, God, and the Universe… Because… life is full of beautiful and unexpected surprises ❤ And why I say this—you’ll find out below… ❤
Byron Katie is one of the most conscious people in the world. She is on such a rare, high level of awareness, just like Eckhart Tolle—they even wrote a book together. Katie is a new discovery for me, and right now I’m totally immersed in her books, her method, her way of thinking and seeing life.
She created a very powerful and unique method called The Work of Byron Katie. Simply put, it frees people from stressful and limiting thoughts—and from so many problems that those thoughts create when we believe them. Katie helps people lovingly take full responsibility for their lives. With her teachings, she supports thousands of people in finding inner freedom and returning to themselves.
Training “Life in the Moment,” in the Carpathians, Ukraine. August, 2015.
I first tried her method this summer in the Carpathians, at the Life in the Moment training, and I experienced its power on myself ❤ Katie made such a huge impression on me that I decided to attend her trainings, to become a certified facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, and to bring this method to Georgia.
With Mykola and Tatiana Latansky
Of course, my mentors Mykola and Tatiana Latansky knew about my intentions. About two months ago, Tatiana sent me a link about an amazing opportunity: on January 31, March 31, and May 31 there would be a chance to win free participation in one of Byron Katie’s deepest, strongest trainings - 4 Day Silent Retreat.
This training takes place in Engelberg, Switzerland—in a stunning, fairy-tale place. The rules were: you had to send a video or a written message with a question for Katie. If your question is chosen, you’d get two tickets—one for yourself and one for the person who had told you about the opportunity.
Of course, I recorded a video and sent my question. At the same time, I told many people who are also very interested in Katie’s method—people who had already tried it with me—so that they would send their own questions too. I thought, if one of them won, we could go together.
But I didn’t stop there 😀 I added almost all of Byron Katie’s certified trainers and people who had attended her trainings on Facebook, just to be (at least virtually) around them and the Byron Katie community. I also marked July 8–14 in my calendar as the days for this training.
On my vision board, I pinned Byron Katie as one of my dream mentors for 2016, and I also pinned this training as one of my goals for that year. Even though I had no guarantee of winning, I prepared myself inside as if I was already going.
January 31 came… and no email. None of the people I told received one either. Clearly our questions hadn’t won. So I just kept going—still with the same big enthusiasm, love, and dedication—reading Katie’s books, studying her way of thinking, and meanwhile preparing my next question for March 31.
But, as they say, God had another plan for me. Two days ago, “spontaneously,” I visited the Facebook page for the training, curious to see if they had posted the winner. And yes—they had, on February 4. The winner was someone named Nico Palermo.
I imagined how happy he must have been, and somehow I felt so genuinely happy for him too. I even left a comment congratulating him. Then I thought—why not add him as a friend? If his question won, he must have asked something really interesting, so he’d probably be an interesting person too.
Nico wrote back, asking how I knew him and why I was adding him )) I explained that I saw his name on the winner’s list and wanted to congratulate him. He was shocked—he had no idea! He didn’t even know he had won. When I sent him the link, he was over the moon. And then—here comes the miracle—he decided to give me the second ticket.
He said that since I was the one who told him he had won, and because my message had made him so happy, he also wanted to make me very happy and give me the second ticket ❤. We confirmed everything with Byron Katie’s assistants (funny enough, one of them was already my Facebook friend 😀 😀 ). And this morning, one of her assistants wrote to me: Byron Katie and her team are waiting for me at the training—together with Nico ❤❤❤❤❤
So friends, this is how interesting things happen in life… If I hadn’t gone to that page, if I hadn’t added Nico, if I hadn’t congratulated him—none of this would have happened. That’s why, dear friends, please listen to yourselves often, listen to your heart, and do what your heart whispers in the moment. Who knows what kind of wonderful surprises life might have in store for you! ❤
I’ll be so happy if my example inspires you, gives you motivation and faith, and helps you make an important decision in your own life ❤
P.S. On my vision board, right next to this training, I have another dream pinned: “July 2016 – School for The Work.” 😀 😀 This is another Byron Katie training, a deep 9-day immersion, which takes place in Germany right after the Switzerland event. I really hope that like a domino effect, these two dreams will connect perfectly—and I’ll go from Switzerland straight to Germany ❤.
I’ll be so happy if you send me your positive wishes and vibes for this second dream to come true too ❤❤❤
Wishing you a day full of inspiration and enthusiasm! ❤
With love,
Tina Basilaia ❤
