Til Next Time

     What do you say when a chapter of your life comes to a close and a new era of living and thinking begins? Can it be so that I am still the me I left behind so many months ago, what grand changes have occurred in my life, what struggles have I witnessed, what boundaries have been surpassed? So many achievements bagged and sacked, and so many stories to be told that finding a starting point is rather bemusing.  What odds and ends have been tied and untied, how many peoples and cultures from around the world have slipped beneath my skin? My heart beats with an ancient, musical, melody reminding me of my past lives, how many have been lived, how old am I really?  I once believed in miracles and now I live in one, a man born again and changed forever. I went south on a journey to find myself, true happiness beckoned my existence, my smile will forever endure.

a new beginning

So I sit here pondering my last hours in South America. I escaped for a couple days to the quiet of a little valley called Samaipata to seek some space to reflect on these last eight months. What can I say to summarize the impact this experience has had on my life? It is impossible, so I will share with you a letter that is written specifically to one person, but whose message and words are for all of you. When you meet me next you may think that I am changed, and you will be right...and wrong. I will never be the same again, I have come too far and seen too much to be that person anymore. But I am still me, nothing could ever change that. So tomorrow when my plane takes off, I will cry- they will be tears of joy and tears of sadness, tears of memories we have shared and tears full of hope for the future. I am feeling so many emotions at once, yet my heart is calm. I am in a good place. This is a beautiful life and I am so happy to share it with all of you. This is not the end, but rather the beginning of the rest that is to come. This trip has affected me greatly and I am forever indebted to these lands and these people. I will be back and I will bring as many of you with me as possible. Salud! to the many more adventures that follow.....

Valle Sagrada

A photo account of Cusco and the Sacred Valley...

una carta de ayahuasca

el 25 de abril

A los queridos de mi vida....

Todo será bien porque he histo la luz adentro. He sentido el amor que nos rodea y que viene de nosotors mismos- de la Pachamama, de la tierra, las flores, los arboles, las rocas, las nubes, las estrellas, la luna, el sol, los animales. Todos somos uno. Todos venimos del mismo lugar y allá nos volveremos. Somos viejos- mucho más viejo que estos cuerpos. Hemos vivido juntos antes, en vidas pasadas. Todos llevamos lo que buscamos dentro de nosotros mismos-ya tenemos todas las respuestas que necesitamos porque ya vivimos estas respuestas, solo hay que despertarse, abrirse la mente y el conocimento volverá. Todo es amor. Nada más es importante. El amor nos protege. El amor nos guia, nos cuida, nos alimenta. El amor ilumina nuestro camino. Con el amor todo es posible, y cuando entiendes eso, el amor es simple.