We Sent the Stars into Heaven

Saturday night Windy and I traveled out of Chiang Mai to join our new friend Peter and his wife Apple to be part of a 10,000 khom loy send off for peace. I wish I could explain this but.. it was so profound, so amazing, first we chanted with monks, 50,000 people and a few hundred monks, then we meditated, (you may recall I hate to meditate, that I have never been able to do it for long or without driving myself nuts), but I was able to mediate. Even with firecrackers going off around me, the whole event was very peaceful. Noisy but peaceful. In my meditation I focused on two things: my khom loy hopes and dreams for the little girl I met at Vien Ping, and my fears in my kratong. I realized, I have to the love of a good man and I like myself; so I can stop carrying all this extra weight. It's not mine anymore. The picture is what the sky looked like when about 20,000 khom loy hit the sky, all bearing a prayer for peace, all sent with our hopes and dreams. It was a moving experience and one I think I could get used to doing every year. Perhaps next year meditating all day like Apple and Peter, with fasting also.