In the past I have been able to venture
into foreign lands and get lost in the culture and landscape. I want
to continue being a free spirit as I travel south in a few days to
Mexico and then further to Ecuador. To be free means abandoning an
identity that tethers me to a race, nationality, gender or any other
limitation of circumstance. It means being in THE HEART, pulsing in
rhythm with the beat of wherever I find myself. And I like finding
myself in unexpected places.
So many experiences come to mind. Some
I call THE DREAM, because they take me into enchantment. For instance
walking across Piazza del Popolo in Rome and having an epiphany of
time and place as I stepped over cobblestones under the Egyptian
obelisk of Ramesses II from Heliopolis. Or riding a camel at the foot
of the pyramids in Giza, Egypt and nothing could tell me I was not a
nomad of ancient days. Pressing flesh with Masai tribes people, we
smiled together as I experienced their Africa. Living in a houseboat
floating on a lake bestrewn with water lilies at the foot of the
Himalaya Mountains in Kashmir, India, or getting lost in the great cities of
the world, roaming the streets and taking photos in chance places
with unexpected outcomes keeps me in THE DREAM.
When I leave the USA I hope to accept
bewilderment and then discover life is wonderment when surrendered to SPIRIT.
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