To a dear friend who is experiencing some challenges through the actions of individuals who seem intent on orchestrating her demise:
In the perfect order and balance of this universe, of ours, my friend, there is absolutely, positively no way that your good deeds, your pure heart, your noble intentions, your generosity, your honesty, your empathy, and your sincere appreciation of the humanity and value in others can ever be “rewarded” with the success of others who plot your demise.
Every apparent block to your forward progress exists in apparency only because of your forgetting that we live in a friendly, supportive universe, all things work towards your good, and obstructions are deliberately placed in your path to encourage you to stretch and climb ever higher to see above, around and beyond them and make the effort to overcome them in order to assume your rightful, destined place in the unfolding of the divine plan of the planet of which you are an integral player.
Based on what I know to be true about you, know that you have greater forces at the ready, waiting to lift you past this. Remain above the fray.
Your tormenter is not in your league.
Stay strong.
Your friend, Walt
Jamaican in Asia — Then and Now
I last visited and roamed through mainland China in 2011. Now, after 15 years away, I am going back to discover what has changed and what remains the same!
China 2011 → China 2026