Janice R. Levine, PhD

MedWish International, Ambassador

To my fellow participants at C4C: I am truly enlarged for having shared this memorable time with all of you. The feeling is vast and whole, and while I hesitate to reduce its magnitude to words, allow me to try. This year I've been on a personal journey, of the sort that the arc of C4C's "The Call, the Journey, and the Return" implies. I followed the Calls for no reason other than that I felt their significance somewhere deep inside, not knowing what they would bring. I hiked the Israeli desert, I entered a week of meditation, I went on a medical mission to El Salvador, I started an east coast chapter of medWish International, and ended with attending C4C. Now is a period of integration and gestation. I haven't known exactly what path my life would take in this final "stage 3", but I now know that I'm at least on the right one, and that I can trust myself to recognize which tributaries lead me where I need to go. It's about opening to a world community; it's about being a part of a larger whole that pulsates with the rhythm of humanity rather than with individual achievement; it's about being in service rather than being in charge; surrendering to the unknown, and --as we all heard again and again-- embracing uncertainty and saying 'Yes.' I'm grateful to all of you for your open hearts and bold concerns, and for co-creating an environment in which my soul felt aligned with itself and with our beautiful collective energy. We are indeed holders of promise and possibility, and it was a privilege to share this sunrise with all of you. With gratitude, Jan Levine