Wednesday, July 19, 2006
La Razon
Tomorrow I leave on a bus for Mexico. Specifically to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. There lives one of the best friends of my life, Alvaro, as well as the friends of his that I met on my previous trip who befriended me. Beyond Monterrey I am traveling to Guadalajara (Wad Al-Hidjara.) I will also travel by bus within Mexico, crossing some of Mexico's highest mountain ranges.
In Guadalajara I will meet up with a college buddy, Will Smith. He is studying in Mexico for the summer and he is discovering the joy and beauty of Mexico that I have always struggled to show my countrymen.
I had my doubts about this trip. There are many places I need to visit and lots of personal responsibilities that I must attend to. It took a sign from God to send me in this direction.
On a trip to Half-Price books I was browsing the libros en espanol section when I came across "El Loco, El jardin del profeta" by Khalil Gibran. Mr. Gibran was a Christian spiritualist writer of Lebanese decent who spent the best years of his life, near the turn of the 20th Century, living in the United States. It was interesting for me that his work had been translated into Spanish and I was curious to examine this version. As I flipped through the pages I saw a bill. It was Mexican currency, 500 pesos ( US$50 .) Needless to say I purchased this book, and took it as a sign that I should go to Mexico.
Weeks later, while reading the book two $20 bills fell out. In total, a book that I bought for about four bucks gave out $90 worth of cash. That money there basically covers my bus-fare. ¶ 11:54 AM
In Guadalajara I will meet up with a college buddy, Will Smith. He is studying in Mexico for the summer and he is discovering the joy and beauty of Mexico that I have always struggled to show my countrymen.
I had my doubts about this trip. There are many places I need to visit and lots of personal responsibilities that I must attend to. It took a sign from God to send me in this direction.
On a trip to Half-Price books I was browsing the libros en espanol section when I came across "El Loco, El jardin del profeta" by Khalil Gibran. Mr. Gibran was a Christian spiritualist writer of Lebanese decent who spent the best years of his life, near the turn of the 20th Century, living in the United States. It was interesting for me that his work had been translated into Spanish and I was curious to examine this version. As I flipped through the pages I saw a bill. It was Mexican currency, 500 pesos ( US$50 .) Needless to say I purchased this book, and took it as a sign that I should go to Mexico.
Weeks later, while reading the book two $20 bills fell out. In total, a book that I bought for about four bucks gave out $90 worth of cash. That money there basically covers my bus-fare. ¶ 11:54 AM
