Today is the Thai New Year and all of Thailand will be celebrating the Songkran festival for the next four days. Songkran has become known as the water festival, where splashing, spraying, and dousing water upon both your loved ones and strangers has become the main event.
Originally the role of the water was to wash away bad thoughts and actions, a way to purify yourself. The symbol of the water still holds true today, only now your whole body is washed clean.
It amazes me that I am approximately 10,000 miles away from Chiang Mai and I can still feel it's joy and exuberance. I've been pretty melancholy lately, and for the first time in weeks I've felt unbelievably happy. While I cannot be there to celebrate just imagining my friends enjoying the festival brings a smile to my face. This week I'm letting the inner joy of Thailand radiate from the inside out.
Chok Dee!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Spiritual Mutt.
Tonight I was able to have some much needed mommy time.
It was a spur the moment outing and reminded me of when I was back in high school.
Shopping, eating, and talking, what my mom and I do best.
The topic of religion came up, which is something I've been avoiding since I returned from Thailand. My experience in Thailand certainly changed my understanding of what it means to be spiritual and left me questioning a lot of what I believe, or have been taught to believe. I was, in a way, afraid to tell my mom that I don't believe in our "Christian God."
I do still believe in a God and I consider he/she/it to be many God's. We could all be talking about the same God, just simply switching the rules around to structure separate religions. To my relief my mom felt the same exact way. She's questioning things too. We decided that we should go on a spiritual journey and learn about every religion we can.
My spirituality is still foggy to me. All I know is right now I believe in loving each other, caring for one another, and finding inner peace within this ever revolving world.
As we waited for the bus to come we wondered what we would call ourselves, now that we don't really feel we are strictly Christian. I told her we're Spiritual Mutts.
...A lil' ditty
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Who Says Human Trafficking Doesn't Happen in the States
I've recently read an article from Texas Monthly that I think everyone should read, it's called The Lost Girls Human Trafficking, call girls, bar girls, girls who work in massage parlors, hookers, whores, prostitution, etc. You can call it whatever you want, it's all the same, it's paid rape.
This article really fired me up...I haven't felt so passionate since Thailand. I want people to feel as passionate as I do about the subject. I want people to stand up for these women and children.
Read the article, then do something about it.
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