I hope you find what you are looking for

aug 29, 2014 I hope you find what you are looking for People along the road have wished me many things Perhaps the oddest is that they say-"I hope you find what you are looking for." what makes people think that I am adventuring to Find something. That I have something that I am looking for and that when i find it i will be content. I guess the flip-side of the coin is that the presumption is that they have found what they are looking for or they believe they are on the track which will end them up where they believe they will get this imaginary pot of gold. Maybe they have done everything according to societal rules and are looking for the gain at the end of delayed gratification that they can retire at ease after a life of strain, but too often life intervenes with plans not working on schedule, catastrophic illness, unexpected losses, financial difficulties and even premature death of a loved one or oneself. The dreams do not become realized and all the strain and restrain from enjoyment becomes for not. So this path of seeming plotting for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow does not come true, possibly for most people. but yet, if one takes time in life to travel, and to have the most marvelous time of meeting strangers and getting a lifelong friend out of the deal, of seeing wonderful places through chance opportunities, of having the great fortune of learning to sing and play a little guitar and this opening doors to peoples home and hearts! wow amazing. I feel unbelievable grateful for the opportunity to be able to really spend genuine time with people and really see them and really know them and speak some kind of acknowledgement and peace into their life. This for me is the most wonderful thing. Seeing someone lost or not noticed and being able to speak and say I see you, keep going, there is hope out there. No I will not be with you each step of your journey, but I am a sign of hope to you, that better days are ahead. That the wonderfulness of you that is unfolding is for some unique good in this world. That the pain and difficulties you have experienced that you felt might kill you have instead the potential to soften you and to make you a superb person. To use the shit of the world as fertilizer in your life for a beautiful harvest. So am I looking for something? Will I find it? I am looking to bring comfort, to bring hope but most of all love. In some measure to be a symbol of hope in a world that pretty much tries to kill all hope. Somedays I think I see glimpses that I have made a small difference.