Elm
Creek, Nebraska
Sharing
A Good Thing
The
fellow who pulled over with his bicycle was curious and wanted to know what I
was all about. He introduced himself by name and then said he was a Sioux.
“You’re
the first Native person I've met since starting from New York,” I said, happy
about meeting him.
“Well,
you're the first Monk I ever saw in my life,” he responded.
It
was on this day, the same morning I was interviewed at Radio Station KGFW by
Kyle. The talk went on for a good thirteen minutes. I took a break after
pushing through a cold wind. Turkey vultures and I had shared the road, as well
as rabbits, deer and possums.
The
interview went extremely well and captured the attention of motorists—if not
folks at home or in the workplace—through the radio waves. It caught Doug’s
ears. He was on his way home from work and decided to walk a stretch with me,
since part of the interview addressed the fictitious character of “Forrest
Gump” who had people trek/run with him across the U.S.
Doug,
though, is more keen on the spiritual side of things, has read the Bhagavad-Gita, and has emailed me that
he is enthused to go at it again. I also had a group of three high school grads
walk with me for a short length of Hwy 30, the Old Lincoln Road, established in
1913. To spread the good word of pilgrimage, Michael interviewed me in Elm
Creek for the “Beacon Publisher” paper. It's about sharing a good thing.
What
I should not fail to mention was my jaw-dropping reaction to a train load of army
tanks and jeeps heading west. Just what is to come down the pipeline? is my
question.
May
the Source be with you!
18
miles
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