Today’s lesson: Dream big and aim high!

About 9 months ago the decision was made for me to journey to Machu Picchu in the high Andes in Peru to raise money and awareness for bowel cancer. The minimum amount I had to commit to raising was £2,900. I decided to ‘think big’ and ‘aim high’ and set myself the goal of raising £5,000 for Beating Bowel Cancer, the charity organising the trek. Today, the day before I travel, I have reached £5,128, with more monies pledged to come in over the next few weeks. I am amazed and yet strangely not surprised at the same time. I always felt it was possible, even though many people said it was going to be very difficult, especially in this economic climate. There were times when the total seemed to move incredibly slowly, so I kept letting go of the wanting to reach the target, and not trying to work out how the money would come in, just to allow it to come in.

I am also feeling very humble and deeply grateful to everyone who has sent me a donation and sent me their love and good wishes for the trek. I’ve received over 20 emails since the end of last week, and everyone I’ve met in my home village or out and about have been wishing me well. That means so much, as it all adds to the energy I’ll need during the trek. I’ll just need to think of everyone and I’ll be encouraged and motivated to keep going. Many of the donations are so moving. Peter, my elderly neighbour felt so bad about only being able to give me £12 (my trek sponsorship is allocated into 12 hour sponsored slots). But you never know when that hour will be vital, when its exactly that hour that could be the difference to getting there or not. Also the donation from Liz, Shirley and Wendy, 3 ladies I’ve never met, and their comment “Good luck Helen! Donated in memory of David who left it too late for diagnosis”. David is very important to me. He’ll be with me on the journey to Machu Picchu too.

This will be my last post until I return. Let the journey and the adventure begin!

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