The Inner Circle

I'm fitting in really well at the retreat since I joined and I'm feeling great as a result.

Yesterday I was really honoured to be invited by Dr Zertes to join what they call 'the inner circle'.

Basically, a bunch of the people that pretty much live at the retreat get together for a night with Dr Zertes which are aimed at improving our health, mood and general well being. My favourite activity of the night was where we did this thing called the web of compliments. You basically keep going around the circle until everyone has complimented everyone. It's great. I was worried that as a new person they wouldn't accept me but everyone was really positive towards me.

I was selected to join them because Dr Zertes had noticed that I was really taking the retreat seriously. For example, yesterday I was helping one of the female members with some seed planting. Now normally I would have made heaps of jokes about my seed, but I only made one the whole time! Dr Zertes said that was a sign that the corruption of the outside world was wearing off.

Some of the people that come to the retreat aren't as positive. I was talking to a girl the other day about how much I was enjoying myself. She was acting really weird and said some negative things. I was almost glad when I found that she was gone the next morning.

As an aside, the garden here is really great. There are a lot of plants and vegetables that I've never seen before. Dr Zertes said that he was given them by a very special friend who lived in the jungle in South America.

So I'm still really enjoying this place. I only intended to stay until tomorrow but I think I'll stay another week. Then my leave runs out and I have to get back to work. I'll try and make the most of my remaining time.

Breakdance

So I've left Sydney for a bit of a break. Work has been really intense lately and I've started waking up feeling sick. The comedy hadn't been going well either. I literally got booed off the stage the other night. That was the first time I'd even seen it happen at all.

I've come to a retreat out west in the desert. I saw a pamphlet for it and it looked really good.

The retreat is run by this guy Dr Zertes, who is pretty smart. He said that back in Sydney he was a really well-known doctor that was earning heaps. But he was living a stressful life so he gave it all away. He bought this land with what he had left and hasn't looked back.

Dr Zertes is a really nice guy too. He gave me a free examination after he saw how run-down I looked when I arrived. He got me on some pills and I feel better already. Not sure what they are. Some sort of natural relaxant he said.

I really like it here. Some people here have been here for ages and are actually living here. I have to be honest, I'm starting to think that it looks like a good idea. Out here, I don't have any of the worries I had back in Sydney. And everyone is so warm and welcoming. It's a lot easier to fit in here than back home.

So anyway, Dr Zertes said that my jokes are giving me impure thoughts so I should stop trying to be funny for a while (lol like I can stop!). I'm going to give it a shot, since I don't really have anything to lose.

But don't worry, I'll still be blogging heaps!