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I Went Searching for Answers and Found Something Far More Beautiful.
I have spent much of my life traveling the world, meeting extraordinary people, and experiencing things I never could have imagined. And yet, somehow, seven days at Soltara in Playa Blanca, Costa Rica, gave me an experience unlike anything I had known before.
I arrived at Soltara at a particularly interesting crossroads in my life, just days before turning 40. I had spent so much of my life building, creating, loving, working, accomplishing, and constantly moving forward that somewhere along the way, I had forgotten what it meant to simply be.
What I found at Soltara was not some magical answer to all of life's questions. In fact, quite the opposite. I found myself confronting questions I had spent years trying to answer, learning that perhaps not everything needs an answer, not everything needs to be controlled, and not everything we love is necessarily meant to remain in our lives in the way we imagined.
There is something profoundly beautiful about being surrounded by people who arrive as complete strangers, carrying their own stories, heartbreaks, hopes, and struggles, and somehow become part of your own story in such a short period of time. I will forever cherish the people I met and the experiences we shared.
And Cristina, our lead facilitator, deserves a special mention. Every once in a while, you encounter another human being and feel a connection that is almost impossible to explain, as though your paths have crossed somewhere long before this lifetime. That is how I felt about Cristina, and I will always be grateful for having crossed paths with her.
I am not going to pretend that I left Soltara as some completely transformed human being who suddenly has life figured out. I didn't. I still have my questions, my struggles, my moments of sadness, and all the beautiful complexities that come with being human.
But perhaps that was the greatest gift of all.
Learning that I can love deeply without clinging. That I can accept uncertainty without allowing it to consume me. That I can experience pain without letting it define me. And that there is an extraordinary amount of beauty in simply being alive, even when life doesn't unfold the way we had hoped.
To everyone at Soltara, to the facilitators, the maestros, and the beautiful souls who shared this experience with me, thank you. You became part of a chapter of my life that I will carry with me forever.
I went to Costa Rica searching for something. I left understanding that perhaps the journey isn't about finding something outside ourselves, but remembering what has been within us all along.
With an enormous amount of love and gratitude. ❤️
Waheed A.
I arrived at Soltara at a particularly interesting crossroads in my life, just days before turning 40. I had spent so much of my life building, creating, loving, working, accomplishing, and constantly moving forward that somewhere along the way, I had forgotten what it meant to simply be.
What I found at Soltara was not some magical answer to all of life's questions. In fact, quite the opposite. I found myself confronting questions I had spent years trying to answer, learning that perhaps not everything needs an answer, not everything needs to be controlled, and not everything we love is necessarily meant to remain in our lives in the way we imagined.
There is something profoundly beautiful about being surrounded by people who arrive as complete strangers, carrying their own stories, heartbreaks, hopes, and struggles, and somehow become part of your own story in such a short period of time. I will forever cherish the people I met and the experiences we shared.
And Cristina, our lead facilitator, deserves a special mention. Every once in a while, you encounter another human being and feel a connection that is almost impossible to explain, as though your paths have crossed somewhere long before this lifetime. That is how I felt about Cristina, and I will always be grateful for having crossed paths with her.
I am not going to pretend that I left Soltara as some completely transformed human being who suddenly has life figured out. I didn't. I still have my questions, my struggles, my moments of sadness, and all the beautiful complexities that come with being human.
But perhaps that was the greatest gift of all.
Learning that I can love deeply without clinging. That I can accept uncertainty without allowing it to consume me. That I can experience pain without letting it define me. And that there is an extraordinary amount of beauty in simply being alive, even when life doesn't unfold the way we had hoped.
To everyone at Soltara, to the facilitators, the maestros, and the beautiful souls who shared this experience with me, thank you. You became part of a chapter of my life that I will carry with me forever.
I went to Costa Rica searching for something. I left understanding that perhaps the journey isn't about finding something outside ourselves, but remembering what has been within us all along.
With an enormous amount of love and gratitude. ❤️
Waheed A.
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