Bath and getting my mind-blown

Well, as a rather exciting little addition the “staff retreat” for Next level International was being held in Bath in England. Which is renowned for being a beautiful place (and one which I wanted to see) with the amazing view of those cream limestone looking houses in a semi-circle, and Jane Austens House (I confess, I’m a big fan). The ride there was perfect too, David took me on a back-country drive on the way and we stopped in Stratford-Upon-Avon where I got to see Shakespeares birthplace and take theatre-nerd photo’s outside the place, which continued in Broadway where we stopped to have tea in an English teahouse (surprisingly ;) Yes, I posed like a tourist with my pinky out as I sipped Lapsang souchong… the only reason behind the tea choice being that I like the song by Colin Hay “Beautiful world”.

The ride was really fun, though neither of us knew Bath well (understatement) particularly at night, which was when we arrived… and proceeded to get lost immediately. After circling a block of one-way roads several times, and cursing the GPS dramatically, we finally found the Hotel about 1min before we were due to meet everyone else there… in our (David’s) haste to get our bags out of the boot (trunk for you Americans ;) the ONE KEY to the car totally snapped off in the keyhole. Pahahaha :D I laughed heartily for a good ten minutes. David did not.

It all got fixed later though, fear not.

Right, so we jumped directly into the rest of the conference that night, and if we all thought we were emotionally and mentally sapped from the last few days… we were about to metaphorically complete Level three of Bandicoot for a bonus round. (Bandicoot is the only Playstation game I really have ever played, so feel free to correct my ignorance ;)

Brian Burton introduced himself to us… describing himself as a normal, average guy. My initial assumption was to agree with him… nothing about him seemed to stand-out, he dressed humbly and spoke normally without flowery language… though he wore a cheeky smile nearly constantly.

As it turns out first impressions can at times be absolutely ridiculously inaccurate.

Brian began to speak on a bit of a new revolutionary concept which a few around the world are adopting… surrounding the process of Transformation. That in ourselves, the people around us and in the community. He told stories that sound so incredible I wouldn’t have believed them had anyone else told them.

Fortunately for me I was a witness to Brians genuineness and frankness, as well as knowing that he was a close personal friend of Ian Green (who is both the leader and founder of NLI and was sitting in the room as all was spoken). That is to say I can’t explain some of the stories that will follow… but I believe the man who spoke them.

But… right now it’s time for my bed as I’m exhausted… but I’ll edit this post tomorrow and post it in its entirety.

Goodnight :)