blog — Journey with Purpose

moments of pleasurable imagination

“Imagination has no age and dreams are forever.” Walt Disney

NileChristina RomanMarch 30, 2020Nile River, Egypt

power and love

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” Rumi was so right when it comes to these two travelers.

DesertChristina RomanJanuary 20, 2020Sinai, Egypt 2018

many moments of deeper attention

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work,” said the master of turning her attention into beautiful poetry - Mary Oliver.

DesertChristina RomanJanuary 19, 2020Sinai, Egypt 2016

balance, harmony and order

Thomas Merton, trappist monk, poet and one of the great spiritual writers of our times, said “happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.”

NileChristina RomanJanuary 10, 2020Luxor, Egypt 2017

great life-giving passion

“Love is the Water of Life. Drink it down with heart and soul!” Rumi

DesertChristina RomanJanuary 9, 2020Sinai Desert, Egypt 2003

sacred touchstones

“It is not the road ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.” Arabic proverb

Mt. SinaiChristina RomanJanuary 9, 2020Mt. Sinai, Egypt 2010

the preservation of your inner fire

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” These words from Gustav Mahler, famous Austro-Bohemian composer, reflects the work of a craftsman.

CairoChristina RomanNovember 23, 2019Cairo, Egypt 2017

harmony of self

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” Joseph Campbell

NileChristina RomanNovember 22, 2019Kon Ombo, Egypt 2018

many moments of awe and wonder.

I have found that when I approach Egypt with an open heart and mind, it rewards me with treasures far beyond what I could have expected or anticipated.

CairoChristina RomanNovember 9, 2019Giza Plateau, Egypt 2016

a graceful heart

“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation,” according to the 14th century poet Rumi.

DesertChristina RomanNovember 8, 2019Sinai, Egypt 2002

worthwhile practices

The morning light on these mountains is extraordinary. It casts a warm inviting glow on everything it touches.

Mt. SinaiChristina RomanNovember 8, 2019Sinai, Egypt 2016

many good walks

“Solvitur ambulando. It is solved by walking.” St. Augustine

DesertChristina RomanNovember 8, 2019Sinai Desert, Egypt 2017

dreams of great journeys

“Come, come whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, yet again, come, come. “Rumi

DesertChristina RomanNovember 7, 2019Sinai Desert, Egypt 2017

a soul as marvelous as the universe

When the Egyptian god of wisdom Thoth, also known as Hermes, “Son of the Nile,” wrote, “as above, so below,” he may have been thinking of the Nile River.

NileChristina RomanNovember 6, 2019Nile River, 2018

unfiltered seeing

“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you,” wrote the poet Rumi. These could have also been the words of our dearest friend, expert guide and wise teacher, Dr. Rabia.

Mt. SinaiChristina RomanNovember 5, 2019Mt. Sinai, Egypt 2003

playfulness in your work

“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” True words by Dr. Charles Schaefer, American psychologist and “Father of Play Therapy.”

NileChristina RomanOctober 23, 2019Nile River, Egypt 2018