Mysterious Mexican Journey

Fitting Name for My Place of Stay

My call to Mexico was very different from my previous journeys of the past 15-20 years. For the first time, on my tropical quest, I’d be adventuring to an area knowing that it wasn’t “my place”. Yet, when my friend invited me for a visit, something stirred inside urging a yes. When I was able to line up a work exchange starting after our time together, the trip was put into play. I mused that, perhaps, I was supposed to meet someone. Maybe I was to help someone. Potentially puzzle pieces in my life might fall in place as I was called to the Riviera Maya. What actually was in store was beyond what I imagined.

Just confirming - bare feet

Thanks to my gracious host, I got to explore so many marvels. Beachgoing was a given although I needed to put a bit of effort into appreciating beyond the sargassum lined shores.

Mysterious subterranean caves, thousands of years in the making, revealed multicolored birds, clouds of bats, frogs, snakes and other critters. Spectacular cenotes, both beneath the surface of the earth and upon it, featured many shades of blue and invited their own wildlife. Ancient Mayan ruins echoed times mostly forgotten and fantastically extended on and on clearly beyond that which was unearthed. Vast and varied were the creatures I encountered including agoutis, coati, fox, raccoons and deer. 

Are you lookin' at me?

Can't see me!

Gaze up at the peak.

Just monkeying around

Look closely at whose scaling the palm!

 I was in an environment that felt welcome, warm, safe, and comfortable. It was then that it seemed the Hounds of Hell were unleashed. What came next for me was one experience after another that shook everything I knew – everything I was – everything in my current world of belief. Subjects I thought I’d mastered decades ago reared their ugly heads in full on assault. This was compounded a thousandfold by thoughts and feelings that were clearly not mine (at least not this current me) down to phrases I couldn’t have made up seemingly totally irrelevant to me. Beyond that, I do not wish to relive the specifics by recounting and it would not be helpful to you save to satisfy mere curiosity perhaps.

For those with whom it was appropriate to share, I have been saying for years that basically this is the end of the world – as we know it. Every system that is created by man is clearly dysfunctional. The old ways cannot exist with the new. Yes, there is loving integration, to some extent, but most people will only be aware of the reality of their choosing and beliefs (consciously or un). Inevitably, change is uncomfortable for most humans even if they know it must (obviously) happen to truly live in the magnificent world they desire. While many of the changes are quite visible, and people are forced to deal with them in some fashion, far more are on an energetic level. That can be a little tougher because the mind is totally out of its league trying to interpret and deal with that realm. It seems the latter is where the attack I experienced came from. Down I’d spiraled to a very dark place but was still, even at the lowest point, able to muster a glimmer of loving acceptance. As I came out of it slowly – over days, I wondered was this why I came to Mexico? To face inner demons I thought I’d permanently dealt with long ago? To somehow help with the energetic shift the entire planet is experiencing? I could hardly fathom a favorable explanation for the whole experience. Yet, I knew I had chosen it (clearly on a higher than mere human level) for a positive reason.

Then I remember, this IS the Year of the Snake with a theme of huge

Magnifissscent creature (rescued)

transformation (whether we like it or not)! Time to shed yet another skin? Perhaps I’ve been re-calibrated? Am I now at a higher vibrational state? I’m still regaining my bearings – or learning new ones - as I relocate to my beachfront work exchange situation. Maybe I’ll have some profound aha or breakthrough to share with you down the road. For now, huge kudos and appreciation to my compassionate and caring zen host who went above and beyond the call of kindness to help me through that unanticipated ordeal.

As you may be aware, I have been a distributor for Juice Plus and Tower Garden for about 25 years. Even now, I believe they have fantastic products – the only reason I would have touched a multi-level marketing company in the first place with less than a 10 foot pole. However, the company has been making lots of changes over the years. While change is good and (obviously) necessary, they have not all been for the better in this case. I was not able to access my back office to help my customers. Numerous times, I’d be on 1-2 hour holds and still not get my issues resolved. For months, clients would click on my links and be greeted with a banner indicating that they were shopping with (my upline person). I gave up after 6 months trying to place an order for a client without success. For decades I have been stepping up my game in life. I’ve been doing my best not to be around people who don’t respect or honor me as I deserve. It was past time to be putting up with a company that didn’t respect me. I made excuses like the products are beneficial and I could be helping people with them. One of the biggest reasons I held on years longer than probably prudent is that I didn’t want to let valued customers down that had been faithful to me for decades. Perhaps that is one of the reasons I was where I was (in my Mexican ambush so to speak) when the renewal notice came in. At first, the old concern for my customers (who are also my good friends) came up. But I knew that they wouldn’t want me staying in a disrespectful situation on their behalf.

Thank you all who have supported my Juice Plus / Tower Garden venture over the
years in any way, shape, or form. I trust it has enhanced your health in some manner. I also have no doubt you will find alternative, equally effective or better, ways of supporting your well-being in the future.

I know there are a few of you out there that only opened my blog post for these cutes of my precious little grand guy. This kid charms and lifts so many peoples' spirits, including yours truly, with one sweet smile! This is my gift to you in the wonderful "Present". 

Yes, chocolate is essential!

Appreciates the finer things

Kind to All

Beach Lover just like his Nana

Thank YOU all for being my family, friends, fans, teachers, and supporters over the years. Welcome to any that may have just jumped on the rollercoaster with me! I hope sharing my experiences has helped you re-member, inspired you to take action, or simply entertained you. I am so grateful knowing I have friends everywhere!

And so the Mermaid swims on.....