Failures

223_Failures

So, I wait, thinking if not Crete then maybe I will call Martin in Amsterdam and hold up the winter there, or maybe I should start making my way to Thessaloniki and Mt. Athos so that I may visit the monks that Andreas reversed me on. They themselves are unjust to women and hide their

see

222_See

I had an inspiration last night as I was encamped upon the ship’s deck that will carry me to Crete. I was pondering the knowledge of my Father’s will for me in my life, thinking that I would like to know. Yet does a servant question their master? Yet I tell you ask and it

how

221_How

I had a very erotic dream last night that gave understanding to how the beauty of a woman can gain power over you but I pray to maintain power over myself. I went into the church of the metamorphosis today to pray for strength and growth and change, although I may have gotten metamorphosis interchanged

got

220_Got

Today I climbed the Acropolis to the foot of the wall, sat between two pillars, got some sun and I got screamed at. I was not to be up in that area evidently. I then went to send off postcards then went back to the Acropolis then climbed to the top of a hill to

matter

219_Matter

Today was splendid and ended much greater than it began. I awoke to run errands, which I did, but in the process, I started an early visit to the Greek ruins. To me they are more splendid than the Roman ruins. The Roman more than western Europe, more than northwest Europe than that of the

money

217_Money

Today as I waked to the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and the rest of ancient Greece, I came across a mother and her children begging. I offered her fruit and she did not take it for herself or for her children. She wanted money, but I kept the apple extended. They waked away without it. Going

truth

216_Truth

I arrived in Athens today after spending the day and night in Patras. I ran into my share of Americans while in Brindisi at the day hostel where I got cleaned and washed. Most were twenty-five or less and heavy drinkers, living off their parent’s money. One that I meet, by the name of Mike,

greece

215_Everything

This place is filled with young Americans. They are sitting down stairs talking and having few to several beers, discussing credit cards, parents, and bad sleepless train rides. I have been able to talk with a few individually and they want more. You can feel it through their eyes and see it in their expressions.

god

214_Foremost

I ask my Father to help me today so that I may continually be helped to see him, that I may not go far from him. He is gracious and kind. On my way to the train station, I ran into two persons selling books by a man who from what I could assume!!!??? I