It is almost 7am on a Sunday morning. I woke up early today to watch the sunrise in the Dead Sea in Israel. The beauty of this divine experience was captivating and I find my thoughts starting to race one another facing this ever going challenge.

The last thing I remember before falling asleep was snuggling into my husband’s chest "trying" not to think of the lizard that was clinging onto the ceiling right above us. It was very cute but knowing that it was right above me did not contribute to a peaceful sleep.

The sounds of the four-poster metal bed were like a new student that is just learning to play the violin and woke me up several times in the middle of the night. The mattress was softer than I like and the depression in the bed caused my husband and I to stay close to one another even though it was pretty hot.  We decided to sleep without the noisy air-conditioner and leave the windows closed just because there were no working screens and even though it would be a thrill to breath good fresh dessert air, we didn’t feel like being eaten alive by mosquitos.

So we fell asleep pretty quickly until one of us moved and the concert began all over again.
The alarm went off at 4:50am. We noticed that it was still dark outside and so we set it again to 5:20am and went back to sleep for a few more minutes. The next time we found ourselves awake, the light was already present.

My back was achy and stiff and as a spoiled princess I asked my husband’s assistance in getting out of bed. Outside the Dead Sea in it’s own magical silence was calling me, magnetizing me, hypnoizing me to approach it. We stepped out of the cabin and fixed the chairs so we could wait patiently for the sun to peek from behind the Jordanian mountains.

The flies were attempting to claim ownership of the same real-estate we were enjoying and at a certain point it became unberable to stay there. So we went for a walk. We noticed the whole place waking up; a female dog came to greet us, a rooster was declaring that the morning had arrived, and a bunch of birds were playing with each other.
And then it happened! The first peek of the sun!! It has been so long since I was awake at an hour when it is possible to look directly at the sun. It took bout 10 minutes and that was it.

This side of the world has been lit, and on the other side it is dark right now. But in a few hours it will all change again…As I was still fighting a few nagging flies I found myself in this contrast again. Between the heavenly creations and and human ones.
Between the silence of the mountains and the sight of the trash littered across the hill in front of us,

between the warm wind blowing on my skin and the broken chairs that were left around the resort.
Between my higher-self and my Ego.
Between being present, feeling good and making the owners of the place wrong.
Boy, it was such a challenge. Not to make them wrong, especially after we paid about $200 for this experience and we didn’t feel that we got good value for our money, but…we got the opportunity to refocus, to appreciate, to become more aware, to make new choices, to find the beauty in what is and to raise our vibes and frequencies to higher ones so we can feel great now!

 So we headed back to the cabin. There were three more hours until breakfast. So as we went back to lie down on that bed (yes, the same bed!), we decided to feel good. So each of us it their own turn shared a good thought.

I was grateful for the sun, sea and mountains. For the silence and for the ability to hear (and from that moment on every time the bed squeaked I focused on my ability to hear, as pigeons entered the air-condition vent and brought more interesting sound to my ears.

As I was thinking to share with you my experience, my husband fell asleep soundly, and I was left with my morning lesson which was somewhat challenging to embrace, but I made it. I moved from a disgusted mode to an accepting mode, from an Ego mode – of being right – to a higher-self mode of feeling great!

What if the bed and the mattress were not replaced so that I could learn something important today…???

What if the trash around the resort was not picked so that I could learn something important today…???

What if the flies were all around so that they could lead me to a better view…???

What if the lizard was above me right before going to sleep so that I could find the way to sleep without fear…???

If you ask me if I would consciously invite another experience like this into my life I would not say yes to that. I would rather have the trash picked up, the lizards outside and a comfortable king size bed with clean sheets. But if I am already here, than I would rather have the tools to make the most out of the experience and be in a joyous mode.
I am sending my blessings to the owner of the resort to have the joy in her heart to bring beauty and happiness to this jewel on earth in North Yam-Hamelach (the dead sea) Israel.