All is calm here, I am happy to be staying busy with some projects and especially happy that I can be here for emotional support for a bit longer.
I have been dwelling a lot on the (to me) paradox that life seems to be. I sit on the veranda at Brgitte's house, everything is as is was a week ago, the sounds of birds in the distance, kids playing, clouds rolling by. Total tranquility. Without a sound, only a one page note, the tranquility was destroyed and replaced with despair. I know that peace is alway availble, and it can only be found by being present in the moment.
O.K. I am finding peace and even great joy here, staying in the moment and being with whatever it is that is coming up around me.
The paradox for me is that I also know that there is a deep well of sadness, despair and poverty, not just here in Guatemala but many places in the world. How can someone live on $15 to $30 dollars a month. I can not fathom it, but billions on Earth do. (Many of those people living happier lives than most folks in the US. How can I possibley make a difference in this chasm of poverty?
The answer to that takes me back to the beginning, be present in this moment! Non the less, the paradox persists.
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