Keep wishing, dreaming, and making those visions clear as can be, and you shall find yourself in those places with those people you are dreaming of, my friend.

Last night I was sharing poems with a love, and found this one from long ago ( www.solomax.com/sep.24.3.html ):

Life is the Oyster

Souls and late-night conversations,
With those who would change the world.
With those who are changing the world.


Laying on floors,
Sitting on counters.
Under streetlights.
In parked cars,
Empty parking lots.


We are those who are free.

We are the ones who have escaped entrapment.
We are the movers, the shakers, the thinkers, the speakers.

Our power does not come from finite finances,
But from something far more vast.
Our power comes from the most potent infinity
Of possibility itself.


We are those who carry the hearts of humanity forward with our inspiration.
We are the voices of passion, of emotion, of struggle.
We are the toil, the pain, the pleasure, the joy, and the ecstasy.
We are the celebration of imperfection in all of its glorious beauty.
We are the oddballs, the outcast, the freaks and the entertainers.

We are the dreamers.

Much love along your journies,
- JAmie S. Uyematsu


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Just now, after reading that journal page where I found this poem, I see that Jeff and Carrie were in Mexico with me this past year, and the dreams I shared years before about the school in Mexico, have now become reality.

in 20 minutes I teach a world issues class here at the high school I attended.... sharing a presentation about problems and solutions for Uganda, and ideas about activism and community. It was in this very room where I dreamed about kayaking around north america at age 17. I've come full circle.

Have a memorable day! I'm glad to know you have a good boy to share it with.

-C

Ps... I'm going to share this email on the action hero tribe. I'm feeling like this is an important moment. Thanks for helping create it.