It was the excruciating smell of rotting flesh emanating from the trunk of my car which got my attention...after a period of time.
No...it wasn’t exactly a dead body in my trunk.
Not an entire one anyways...
Strolling through the darkened graveyard, I wondered if any skeletal remains would rise up through the perfectly manicured lawn and grab me by the ankles, pulling me down into the earth, willing me to join them in the moist, worm-laden resting place they called home. So where were they besides 6 feet under?
I was going to title this adventure ‘LEOS ROCK’ but then I thought it would be more appropriate if it was titled ‘LEOS SERIOUSLY Rock.' Then I wasn’t sure if it was really enough - maybe something more like “LEOS Seriously Seriously Seriously Rock”....or something meaningful like that.
I was about to be crushed by a 200 pound man...and it was my all my fault. It seemed inconceivable that I was capable of such power...that it was even possible. But the proof was in the pudding. He was about to squish me like a bug.
The adventure: MEXICO… Some like it hot. But others – they like it smokin’ hot. You can typically find these people located in the ‘Ring of Fire’, the earth’s most violent earthquake and volcano zone. And with over 20 million visitors each year, for the first time in my life, I finally became one of ... Read More
Shamanism.
The word alone provokes fleeting mysterious images of a supernatural force that bewitches those who are particularly vulnerable and defenseless. It elicits visions of ritualized ceremonies that involve a chicken being drained of its life-force while the sounds of chanting and drumming escalate in tempo and intensity with the beat of your heart. Or not.
The Buddhists have a saying about how one needs to go with the flow and accept life as it happens - without clinging to it or rejecting it - no matter the circumstance. So when something of an unusual nature presents itself, just go with it.
I tried to make sense of the images in my mind. Describing what I saw in my inner mind to the woman sitting across from me, huge tears began to stream down her face. I accurately described her daughter who ran away from home and tried to commit suicide by hanging.
