So far I have been meeting really cool people- mostly other teachers. It is interesting to look at similarities among us. Everybody is here for a reason, whether or not they know it or acknowledge it is something else. A lot of the guys that I have talked to so far know why there are here- or at least not in the US or Canada. They are sick of the way of life that is expected of people there, they are sick of the rich getting richer, and everybody else just working harder to continue to get by. Sick of the games and traps, the deceptions and the lies, sick of that way of life, and either trying to find an alternative, or running from it. Some have given up hope, and others continue to look for solutions. And there are some that are here just for the travel and experience- but I think there is usually something deeper in it than that.
So why am I here? Certainly travel, adventure and experience are big parts of it. But I am also looking for something else than what I have known or heard my whole life, I want to see things from a different perspective, not from within the US, but from a totally foreign place to me. And I don’t want to wake up tomorrow only to realize I spent my whole life working for a paycheck, and never really experiencing what I could. After all, this is my life- not some systems or societies life. Maybe I will finish this year thinking the life I left in the US is really the best, or maybe I will only return to visit people. What will come of this trip is impossible to say, but I will try to experience and see with an open mind and open eyes.
"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Say not, 'I have found the path of the soul."
Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.'
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
-Kahlil Gibran
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