“The traveler sees what they see, the tourist sees what they have come to see.”
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Where have you been? Where are you going?

Are you a tourist or a traveler in this life?

In the sacred Mayan calendar, there are 20 day tones or Nahuales. One of them is the Nahual E’, which represents the road and the path of life. It guides our inner and outer journeys to connect with our essence, and its totem animal is the roadrunner.

Kawok is the rainstorm, and the coming two weeks may bring a sense of inner turbulence that can feel like a tornado moving through your life. Eventually, the storm brings healing and soothes the soul.

The turtle is the spirit animal of this nahual. Kawoq is connected with the 13 moons in a year and the ancient wisdom of the divine feminine.

“If you can win over your mind, you can win over the whole world.” ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Be careful what you ask for. My word for the year of 2023 is “clarity.” A wave of clarity hit me like a tsunami. In mid-March, I went to the gynecologist for a pap smear and, thanks to a blood test, found out that I have type 2 diabetes.

The news was a shock, and I struggled to hold back tears as I spoke with the gynecologist and then a general practitioner.