I feel like I’ve gone back to a simpler time. Today I started the day writing on the veranda while drinking a cup of tea. Around 11 my friend Sarah and I headed to the Farmer’s Market in Richmond, Texas. This was my first trip into Richmond and it’s much bigger than I expected. Then we headed to downtown Rosenberg for lunch at Another Time Soda Fountain, followed by a trip to the Rosenberg Railroad Museum.
I think before today I had forgotten how to appreciate small town life.
According to the Jivaro an Amazon tribe found in Northern Peru and Eastern Ecuador (famous for their practice of Head Shrinking) there are 3 different souls:
The True Soul is the soul you’re born with, and the Avenging Soul is the soul that will revenge your spirit if you’re murdered…but it’s the Protecting Soul that interests me here. The Protecting Soul is the soul you earn by going on a Vision Quest. Generally a young boy on the brink of manhood goes into the woods for five days all the while fasting and drinking a hallucinogenic. He will be visited by spirits and face his fears – and when he returns he will be be a man ready to go into battle.
Now – while I might not be fasting in the woods – I am definitely embarking on my own Vision Quest. I hope to return to the world with more wisdom, more tolerance, more confidence, and an increased appreciation for the simpler things in life.
And you will….