3.29.13

bike trip day 1 - agitation

today began a new, completely unique, great adventure.  russ and i are motorcycling with his friend suki, who happens to be a thai-pop-star-biker-celebrity and suki's lovely girlfriend jay, to the burmese border.  our vehicles are ktm 990 adventure bikes and we are not driving them slowly.
we stopped at a meditation center on the way and explored a bit.  they have a very special tree growing there surrounded by yellow ribbon to keep people from getting too close.  on the outside of the ribbon there is a table and on the table, two big gold bowls full of water and flower petals along with many gold cups.  they have constructed an irrigation pipe out of bamboo tubes that leads to the base of the tree from near the table.  you scoop a cup of water out of the bowl, then slowly pour it down the bamboo pipe as you make a wish.  the water flows down the pipe, along with your wish and deposits both at the base of the tree.

i have no problem sharing my wish.  to be free of fear.  and as we continued on our way, whipping through the scorching hot thai countryside at speeds up to 170 kmh (sorry dad!) i repeated it over and over to myself, 'i wish to be free of fear.  i wish to be free of fear.'

it kind of helped.