Nena's Test of the Love Universe

Talking to Strangers (About Music)

I met Nena Hribar at my friend Saskia's wedding in Fethiye, Turkey, last spring. She is from the tiny European country of Slovenia, and was one of 14 women from all over the world--a mini United Nations--with whom I sat naked in the sauna at a beautiful Turkish Bath (otherwise known as a Hamam).
We found ourselves together at the airport in Dalaman, waiting for a plane to Istanbul, and I recorded our chat. I've been looking for the perfect opportunity to put our amazing conversation out into the world, and today seems like it. Today, I drew the Black Panther card in the Medicine Cards deck I pull from every morning. In the explanation of the Black Panther animal medicine, in the book from Jamie Sams & David Carson, it says, "Embracing the Unknown." It went on to say that the Black Panther appears when you need to remember not to worry about the future. "Trust that you are not supposed to mentally 'figure it out' at this time.'
I immediately thought of Nena, and the story she told me of her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, of her amazing trust in what she calls "The Love Universe." Her story is an inspiration in putting fear and worry aside, and putting yourself in the mindset of whatever will be will be, hand in hand with the fellow travelers of this Earth, first strangers and then, if we allow it, forever friends.