Journals from the Jungle VIII: On Being Overpowered

Is this the uniqueness of relative balance?

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The following are journal excerpts—a series of stories from my recent travels.

3/4/24 con’t

I saw the house again today. Am I really doing this? It seems I am really doing this. Why wouldn’t I? To save money? It’s a better financial investment than the market. To find a cheaper place somewhere else? This is paradise. All of the timing is aligning … 

There’s a hissing behind me that I think, at first, must be a drone, but it becomes a chorus from the mangroves—the locusts that I will learn later begin singing at 6pm every night. So good for my body and brain this place is. So delicious. Soft, but not especially gentle—it’s intense. A love. A love like my loves, like my life.

Once again I’m hating how memories fade.

I realize that there is nothing I have to do this week. I can relax. I … can … relax.