thank you, Teachers...

early this year i started my training as a shiatsu therapist. as with all the important things in life... it was a pure coincidence. i had gotten one of those discount coupons for a shiatsu session with a certain therapist named mario. i didn't know what shiatsu was. i had never had a shiatsu treatment. but curious as i am, i had to try it. i ordered the coupon. i looked up the therapist's website. so he was a teacher at a shiatsu school. and they even had an intro night, which he was giving the following week. i went. i walked out knowing i had found the exact thing i didnt know i was looking for. signed up the same night. fast forward ten months later. thanksgiving. evening class. me. three other advanced students. mario. wonderful class. at the end of the class, another of my favourite Teachers, ursula, came by to prepare the room for her morning class. i stood at the entrance watching my two Teachers rearranging the mats. ursula notice me and came to me, as i was wearing my hat. she said how are you my dear, while she was straightening my turtleneck. i said i am very happy. oh good, glad to hear that. and now i m going to straighten your hat so you can be even happier, and she straightened my hat, so lovingly, and said, be happy, be in the moment, and then at the same time we both said "cuz we never know how long it's going to last". and i said right now i am very happy for you are my Teacher, and she kinda didnt expect that, and i looked straight into her big steel blue eyes and i said THANK YOU and then mario came to say goodnight and i said "you know i wouldnt have become involved in shiatsu if it weren't for you, right?" and now mario is a bit of a shy guy and he looked away so charmingly as he does and when he looked back i looked straight into his big glacier blue eyes and i said THANK YOU i've been blessed with so many wonderful Teachers in this life...