{"id":187,"date":"2009-08-24T00:04:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T00:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/i-am-off-to-lithuania.html"},"modified":"2009-08-24T00:04:20","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T00:04:20","slug":"i-am-off-to-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2009\/08\/i-am-off-to-lithuania.html","title":{"rendered":"I am off to Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aloha,<\/p>\n<p>For the past five years, I have gone to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a> in September to teach workshops for a month. This year, I am going earlier because <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\">Latvia<\/a> has asked me to come. When they asked me to come the first time, I had no idea where <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a> was or anything about the people or the country. I just knew they were literally half way around the world from me. I absolutely love going there and have fallen in love with the country and the people.<\/p>\n<p>It takes me a long time to get there. I will leave tonight and won&#8217;t get there until Thursday. I learned the hard way to stop half way there and rest. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a> was the first country to break away from the Soviet Union. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latvia\">Latvia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a> are the only two Baltic countries that still have their original languages. So what does all this have to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Angels\/index.aspx\">angels<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe first time I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lithuania\">Lithuania<\/a>, I was deeply moved by people&#8217;s openness and desire to connect with their spirit. There was one woman who carried a photo of an angel that helped her survive WWII. Over the years, I have brought home many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Angels\/index.aspx\">angels<\/a> that were lovingly given to me, long before I wrote my book on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/Angels\/index.aspx\">angels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are amazing people. When they became independent, their economy was in ruins and they had to reinvent themselves and their country. I have learned so much from watching them change and grow, and I&nbsp;look forward to sharing some of that love and wisdom with you in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I thought you might like to see some photos of their beautiful country. I will be blogging from there and sharing all the love, magic, and wonder I experience. Just open your hearts and feel the wonder in these photos.<\/p>\n<p>With love and aloha,<br \/>Susan<\/p>\n<p>Angels really are on your shoulders, just loving you, now and always!<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">Sunrise in Nida and the swans<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/IMG_6131.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"233\" alt=\"IMG_6131.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/68\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/08\/IMG_6131-thumb-350x233-7332.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/IMG_5282.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"233\" alt=\"IMG_5282.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/68\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/08\/IMG_5282-thumb-350x233-7330.jpg\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am off to Lithuania for the month. 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