Dear Vladimir,
I can’t tell you how many times I have sat in front of my computer and not been able to find the words to adequately describe what our relationship has meant to me. I have now realized that the reason for this “writer’s block” is quite simple… WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE what our relationship means to me. What I have gained from knowing you goes far beyond words. That said, I’m going to attempt it anyways and I remind anyone reading that the words I use are only pointing at the meaning of how I feel and most likely will just graze the surface.
When I first met you Vladimir I felt I was a fairly knowledgeable person when it came to matters of the mind, body and soul. I had read many books and could call on any one of them for an appropriate quote or analogy. I prided myself on this and the fact that many friends and sometimes even strangers would often come to me for council. I came to a point in my life where I realized that the issues I was facing and the person I was trying to help were beyond my capabilities. I was at a low point to be sure. I was experiencing chronic back pain, was virtually unemployed, my marriage was failing, and I had lost contact with most of my friends. I was lonely, scared, angry and sad.
I came to your door expecting you to fix my marriage. You didn’t and I thank you. I came to your door expecting you to fix my health problems. You didn’t and I thank you. I came to your door expecting you to repair my broken relationships. You didn’t and I thank you. I came to your door expecting you to solve all my problems. You didn’t and I thank you. What you did do is show me the way to peace and how I alone am the only person who can create or destroy my life. You taught me that knowledge is useless without wisdom and that wisdom is doing. In other words, knowing that 2+2=4 is quite pointless unless I can apply that in my own life. I realized that I had not been applying the things that I knew of love and happiness and peace to my own life. You showed me that I know much more than I thought I did and you challenged me to let my knowledge flow from my heart and my soul rather than my head and my mouth.
Since meeting you Vladimir, my life has changed in so many ways. I am less stressed, I am more focused, I am happier and I more peaceful. I have found and endless supply of love… within myself. And I am living instead of reading. I am being instead of thinking. I am Me.
As I said before, words really can’t describe who you are to me; coach, friend, councilor, brother. I am grateful to the universe for bringing you into my life. I love you and thank you.
Love,
Mike L.
