Salt Lake City / Toronto
I
Will Continue
The sad news is that I'm leaving the road
for a month. One of the main reasons for
this is my annual summer obligation to join a young teen-boys’ bus tour. It will be a time for outdoor events, drama, workshops and just being there for them.
Still, every day that I’m with these young
men—and that time will come soon—I’ll continue on with walking a stretch each
day, wherever I am, and give a report of what my day is like. I’ll miss the road and I’ll miss the state of
Utah, but I’ll be back. Stay tuned with
me, please.
So, to relay to you my final exchanges last
night with folks on Hwy 191 in Utah for the tail-end of the day, here it is:
A woman pulls over and offers a ride,
“Can I take you down the road?”
“Actually I’m in the middle of a trek to
San Francisco from New York.”
“That’s amazing. You know I just came from Cambodia and
there’s monks everywhere,” she said.
“True, but I'm a monk from the Hare Krishna
tradition.”
“So, it’s alright to ask a monk about a
ride?”
“No harm in asking.”
“God bless you!” she offered.
“And you!”
Right behind her car another pulled
up. It was three men.
“A ride?”
You readers know the answer.
I delivered my line, mantra cards, and kept
walking until Vyenkat and Hitesh drove up from Salt Lake. They love to walk and to talk, and so we did,
until the sun was gone.
May the Source be with you!
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