Hola! I figured this would all feel real once I got to DIA, or when I was on the plane. If not on the plane, then certainly when I landed. But even as I am eating my diner of Casado (un plato tipico en Costa Rica) on an unnamed street corner, this all still feels like a dream.
Prior to leaving a friend reminded me of a quote I gave to her before she began some travels through South East Asia.
"Adventure is a path. Real adventure- self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have first hand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of human kind - and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black and white."
-Mark Jenkins
This is a nice reminder of what this trip is for me. We have little planned besides the intention for exploring the greater part of Central and South America, hopefully making it as far south as Tierra de Fuego via a rugged donkey ride. But when your entire life is changed compliments of a 6 hour plane ride, what is meant to feel real. For now, what feels the most real is the rain. We were welcomed to Costa Rica by rain, mucha lluvia.
Con mucho amor,
S
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"There is no need to search; achievement leads nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor and change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns and relax into the world. No need to resist life; just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine. You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else too! It's all the marvelous play of God. Wake up, regain your humor. Don't worry, you are already free!" - Way of the Peaceful Warrior
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ReplyDeletethat quote is so fitting for this adventure! ahh the rain! is it so warm?(please send it this way, it is so dry.) in YTT we had to write about a yoga sutra that meant something to us, and in my writing i wrote about the rain this summer and how real and loving it is, like the earth is kissing you every time it drops on your skin. there is more to it but that was just a blurb.
it hasn't hit me your gone yet either... good, bad, who knows. all i know is i am sending you tons and tons of hugs and kisses and if it is not to much to ask, can you include in your blog all the food you are eating, the best and the worst (but i doubt there is a worst)? :)
xoxox
b