It only took 48 years.
What follows is an intensely personal entry. I have asked myself many times why I am willing to expose these thoughts to the world. After much contemplating I decided it is because I want people to understand what is possible. How a moment in time can give clarity to life in a way nothing else can. Despite living in Thailand, I spend my life with a work week like most others. Monday through Friday I hop on my scooter and navigate the Thai traffic for my eight to five job. I confess the monotony of routine is far less for me these days however, for the most part I live a normal working existence. Weekends are my chance to be a tourist. A chance to venture out on a path of discovery and find the hidden secrets that are all around me. This Sunday while many of my countrymen crowded the pews in their chosen churches, I ventured out of my house seeking a shrine of Theravada Buddhism that sits nestled upon a mountain behind Chiang Mai. The mountain Doi Sutep looms over Chaing Mai