The Getaway
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Earlier,
I told you that I thought I knew my purpose and I was satisfied with it, but
then I invested my savings in a business.
It began losing a lot of money and I became very anxious, that was my
retirement it was losing!
Virginia,
my wife, said I needed a new purpose.
Our daughter had a different idea, she said I needed to get away from
the business for a while and invited us to go with her on a vacation to
Belize.
While
there, we visited the ruins of an ancient Mayan city and its pyramid. The following photo shows Virginia at the top
of the pyramid overlooking the city.
Most
people have heard of the Mayans, but know little about them. Those ancient people built a large and
powerful empire, then suddenly walked away from their magnificent cities and
disappeared from history. Nobody knows
why, that is the famous Mayan mystery.
They
did not abandon thatched huts in a jungle, as I imagined before my getaway to
Belize. Notice the remains of a thousand
year old palace in the distance behind Virginia. As you can see, the city was planned well,
with a plaza running from the pyramid to the palace. It reminded me of the plaza at the center of our
nation’s capital.
Our
Mayan guide told us that ‘evil spirits’ lived in the abandoned city. That strange tale had been passed down in his
nearby village for an unknown number of generations. I am a folklore enthusiast, and I learned
long ago that every folklore tale contains at least a scrap of truth. I wanted to find the scrap of truth in this ‘evil
spirits’ tale, but I could not pursue it that day. Our bus had to rush us back to the ship, it
would leave in a few hours.
Later
in this blog, I will tell you how that folklore tale led to a new theory for
the reason the cities were abandoned.
It’s the beginning of my story about how I discovered my purpose.
The
story is exciting, I promise you that. It’s
like an Indiana Jones adventure, searching through palaces and temples that had
been abandoned for a thousand years and swallowed by the tropical jungle. Not only did I find the scrap of truth in that
Mayan folklore tale, I also discovered the purpose God intended for me, a
purpose he had revealed to me years before but I did not notice it at the time.
That’s
easy to do, to miss a sign placed conspicuously before us because we are going
about our busy lives. I’m confident that
has happened to others besides me. My
story tells how I corrected the problem, how I discovered my purpose and how
others can also. It’s easy, and it will
not cost you any money, only a little time.
You don’t have to go to Belize, as I did, you can do it at home. All you have to do is read this blog, it
tells the entire story and the principles I learned while seeking my purpose.
I
have written another blog about our trip to Belize and my search through
ancient Mayan ruins for the truth in that ‘evil spirits’ folklore tale, and how
it led me to my purpose. You can go
right now to that other blog describing the trip, it’s also free and it
includes some nice photos. Merely hold
down CTL and left click on the link following the next paragraph.
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I
believe you will enjoy the tour.
Virginia and I did. When you complete it, you will return to this page.
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