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Are you yearning for a retreat? Perhaps a….
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Where is your favorite nature spot? When will you take a few moments for your rejuvenation and go there?

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I’m sitting here, relaxing in a wondrous treehouse, feeling the pure joy of my feet dangling off the ledge and smelling the pines warmed by the sun. My magical five year old friend Clemmie is swaying on an old wooden swing while her Mummy, my dear friend, searches for pine cone treasures. Simple pleasures.

In this enchanted space---overflowing with nature’s beauty, childlike glee and precious friends—I am connected to my best self. My soul. I’m grounded in my body and my intuition is tuned in.

The pond ripples in harmony. High noon shimmers on the water like glittery stars. A beautiful almond-colored kitty claws her way up the 13 foot trunk of the treehouse. Then gracefully dances along the narrow ledge. I’m mesmerized.

My problems and irritations seem far away. I can’t believe I had them. All that rushing around on adrenaline, wondering how I’ll get 10 days of work done in the next 4 days, has vanished. In this moment, I have no “to do” list. Only possibilities that I get to choose.

My agony about what to do for my sister’s escalating alchoholism has morphed into a conscious choice to let go, with love. Give her the space to live her life. And live my own. Really, really live my own. Like it was my only life.

I have a deep sense of peace. Life is good.

Amazing, isn’t it? Honestly, I’m in awe too. I felt exhausted when I woke up this morning. 5 hours of sleep just doesn’t work for this 8-9 hours of sleep girl. And yet, here I am, feeling like I’ve had an extreme makeover!

Could it really be this simple? Escape to a magical place in nature and find peace--- plus the smart solutions I’m looking for?

For me it’s treehouses. Those whimsical places of childhood that invite adventure, imagination, being up above it all. Outside yet inside. Time to reconnect with myself and what’s important. Time to let go of the “busy busy”.

In a treehouse, whether built in a tree or in my mind, I find that magical place where clarity and peace live happily together.

So, yes---it IS that simple!