Mexico

When we think of ourselves as being a certain way, doing the same things, attaching ourselves to our idea of what our life is; we bind ourselves by way of our thoughts. It is as though we become an unmoving boulder in the middle of the stream of life, and life continues to change and flow all around us and we feel it and see it rushing past us as we sit and weather and grow moss, but we never move, we never jump into the flow of life. Unlike the leaf that has fallen and merely happily goes with the flow, following the stream wherever it goes, around twists and turns, into another stream and another, and eventually a river that leads to a vast ocean of endless possibility.

The best thing we can do for ourselves in this life is to get moving, get out of our molds, our thoughts that continually bind us to be a certain way. Recently I went to Mexico, to visit small towns and clincs and to meet the people there. An experience such as this takes you out of 'yourself' and allows you to see more, feel more of yourself as well as those around you.
I strive to do this sort of thing for the rest of my days. Let's get off the boulder and move on into the stream!
Peace,
R