The Activation Camp

Day #2 - Kindness (Reflection)

Day #1 - Trust (Reflection)

Dear ActivationCampers and Friends,

As with everything in life, our experiences are made up of 30% facts (what's ACTUALLY happening right now) and 70% attitude (YOUR take on it, YOUR perspective).

These challenging times could provide an opportunity to reflect, to tap into your humanity, to connect with yourself... So, when the kids are finally asleep, or successfully bribed, why not do a bit of contemplating/reflecting? We will post a 'Meditation' and 'Reflection' from our course, at 6pm every night, for the next 12 days: may it give you energy, ideas, a little time-out. Stay connected - with yourself.

Sunday evening, and I get THIS email. I am grateful and feel the need to share it. For me, its an inspiration: to be involved in my life, to create opportunities, to be in the driver's seat, and to give. Maybe it's an inspiration for you as well :-)

Hello Lutz and Mustapha and everyone involved in the Activation Game,

I started the Activation Game over 15 months ago and decided today to redo it. I want to compare my experiences from the last time with now, because I'm a totally different person now.
The Activation Game started a journey in my life with just one rolling stone and this stone pushed so many other stones, which pushed rocks and even moved mountains...

When i started the book 15 months ago i was in the worst situation ever in my life. Severe depression, even suicidal sometimes and very broken. As soon as I started the book, I had something to hold on. I immediately felt this guiding hand taking mine. I felt the trustworthiness and I trusted, even though I was not able to judge anything in this stage of my life.

As expected it was a very intense journey and it helped me a lot to see human values from a different angle and/or relearn them. It also helped me to get a very healthy and mindful lifestyle. Most important though was, that the journey helped me to figure out what i want in life, what i don't want in life and what i definitely have to get rid of in life.

Almost one year back I spend the last 4 days of this journey alone in a cottage in Overberg, far away from everything and everyone. The only thing i did was thinking and drawing. In these days i figured out, that i have to leave my very hated drowning job and surroundings to get better and recharge and find myself. And this is what i did: I quit my job at Amazon, quit my apartment, sold or stored my stuff and left town to live in a tent (IN WINTER) in Tsitsikamma forest in a community. The most crazy but definitely BEST decision i have ever made! Living and working in nature, away from civilization is the best way to get sh*tty things roughly sorted.

Thanks to making up my mind there, my journey continued with lots of focused and intense quality time with my family and friends in Switzerland and Italy, followed by a pilgrimage in southern Italy through the villages and country side of my ancestors. This recharged my life immense and pushed me in the direction to go deeper. My next step was one of the most intense ones: I went to India to live in an Ashram and learn amazing ancient teachings and traditions, which changed my life view, lifestyle and life completely. I'm a very healthy and conscious Yogi now, even a certified Yoga teacher 🙂 who would have thought this one year ago????

One year ago, when I finished the book, I was still trash, being lost and whata whata whata, but I definitely felt, that the Activation Game put a seed into my soil and I had to water it to make sure a tree with strong roots would grow. And so I ended up being a healthy, conscious human being - I'm picking lovely fruits from this tree with strong and deep roots

The UWC Student Leadership Incubator Program is on its way, with The Activation Camp starting this Friday. If you are not part of SLIP but wish to join the camp, please speak to Mr Wandisile Mdepa.