Discovering Destiny

Hello friends, I have been traveling pretty much non-stop for the last four months or so. I have been all over the state of California, and now I have embarked on a solo journey deep into Mexico. I have not been writing in my blog, but have been writing more than ever in my journal. I feel like my writing is constantly improving, and my writing skills are better than they have ever been. I just wanted to drop in and post one of my latest journal entries that will give you a glimpse into my life.

When I first set out on this journey into Mexico, I thought the WWOOF program would just be something extra for me to do along the way. But what is the way? Without some destination or objective to accomplish, I am just wondering. I am not here only to sightsee, as this is not a vacation. Then again, I guess it would be a vacation if you said I was taking a break from the U.S., which I am. But regardless, I do not have the money or the resources to just wander. After reassesing my goals and master plan, I've realized that the reason I've come down here IS to volunteer on these organic farms and to learn about organic agriculture and methods of sustainable living.

I have felt that this journey to Mexico would be a turning point in my life, and it is turning out to be just that. I am at the beginning of a new chapter in my life where work and play merge together to become my passion...a reason for living, the reason I was put here on this earth, my destinty.

The next practical step in this journey is to figure out where to go next. I am not only at a metaphorical crossroads, but a geographical crossroads at well. I threw down another 250 pesos for another night in my hotel room in downtown Los Mochis. After feeling the stress of traveling for a week straight in a new country, I knew I needed a day to rest, collect my thoughts, and devise a new traveling strategy. I really have had no desire to venture out onto the busy streets, and have only emerged from my second-story hideaway long enough to retrieve food and cerveza. Inside my small hotel room, you will find me huddled over my map, marking out locations of farms, brainstorming, and contemplating where the universe will take me next in this journey called life.