I was watching the Fourth of July fireworks boldly splashing their colors in the sky. The kid in me, struck by their exquisite shapes and patterns, was "ohh-ing" and "ahh-ing" along with the New York crowd gathered by the Hudson. All of us turned into kids at play, wrapped in a magical moment. I was grateful for being independent, here in the States, and maybe more importantly, in my heart.

My Expanded Self was filled with a sense of deep gratitude for my personal journey to the States and to a state of wholeness and inner liberation - a journey filled with challenges and victories. Each of our journeys towards an open and expanded state is an ongoing mystery, unraveling deeper layers of insights, discoveries, and realizations.

I have just arrived from visiting Israel and Ireland. I find that every time I step out of my daily activities into newness, I am given an opportunity to stretch and uncover a part of myself that may not be awakened in the context of the "regular me."

In this blog, I would like to share how I allowed the Irish in me to pop up...