West
of Vernal, Utah
Flowers and Trucks
I
broke my walk into three parts today—night-time, morning and a blazing
afternoon for an hour. I met Steven, seventy-five, who was shocked to see a
monk in town. He has all the books of the popular Indian gurus. His collection
also includes Aurobindo and Srila Prabhupada. He said, “Prabhupada emphasizes
devotion.”
“That’s
right!”
On
Monday, our team will visit Steven, who lives in a rather isolated place. I’m
looking forward to it.
I
also met another Steven, the library operator in one of the local towns. Like
many folks who stop to talk, he offered a ride, but suspected I was on a
mission.
“I’ll
come to see you in the library,” I said, “when we get to your town.”
In
reality, everyone is in a car or a truck. Vernal has Hwy 40 running through it.
There’s a passion in this place. What tempers the passion is the petunias
potted all along the street. The town seems to take them very seriously. I was
leap-frogging with the fellow who goes around in a truck watering those flowers
with a hose. It was almost like a game. I had to dodge the squirt-hose.
Flowers
usually make you smile, laugh or offer some comfort. Usually the more flowers
planted in a city, the less crime there is.. Sounds too simplistic? Apparently
it’s true.
I
want to thank Jaya Gopal for sponsoring our room in the Days Inn. That was very
devotional of you.
May
the Source be with you!
21
miles
Editor’s
Note: The Walking Monk will be live on Facebook at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, aka
10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday June 26, 2017. Here’s the link. We hope you
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