First weekend - Initial Thoughts

Okay, now that I have had a few days to digest the weekend, here are some initial overall thoughts:

1) Ron and Mary are amazing at leading this program. They have been doing it for 28 years and I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to directly learn from them. There are a number of very talented people who have also learned from them but I can't imagine how you can easily replace them. They combine humor, compassion and teaching in a truly exceptional way.

2) Everyone I have met have been truly exceptional in a fundamental sort of way. I don't mean for this to come out weird, but by the end of the weekend, everyone looked really beautiful.... radiant.

3) No one asked me what I did for a living, if I was married or single, if I had kids, etc. Things like that came up occasionally but it was in the course of conversation. These things didn't define me. I really loved that. I got to be me, at least to a certain extent.

4) I was so nervous before classes started, I almost threw up (literally)

5) USM is a super organized program. Its very impressive.

Thats all for now....