{"id":330,"date":"2004-05-18T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-18T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mercurystate.wordpress.com\/2004\/05\/18\/111-degrees-fahrenheit\/"},"modified":"2008-09-16T00:30:02","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T04:30:02","slug":"111-degrees-fahrenheit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/111-degrees-fahrenheit\/","title":{"rendered":"111 Degrees Fahrenheit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2182562980\/in\/set-72157603560852447\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seekingsol\/2182562980\/in\/set-72157603560852447\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2399\/2182562980_a46babcac3.jpg?v=0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>111 Degrees Fahrenheit<\/p>\n<p>Journal Entry<\/p>\n<p>Delhi, India<\/p>\n<p>18\/5\/04<\/p>\n<p>111 degrees Fahrenheit in Delhi today. I bow down and thank the heat for helping to kick me out of the nest I\u2019ve made in India. Just a slight shove to show me my own wings and help me board my plane back to the West.<\/p>\n<p>The child inside of me tugs on the hem of my skirt and begs to know, \u201cWhere are we going? Why do we have to move?\u201d And with a comforting pat I deliver back, \u201cit\u2019s okay&#8230;we\u2019ll be back again someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is true \u2013 but the decision is not in my hands. Nope. I have left it, and all, on the doorstep of the Universe. The future is not for me give, take, hold or determine. It\u2019s only for me to accept \u2013 when it is left on MY doorstep &#8212; by the Anonymous who has knocked on my door and disappeared around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>The cows. (How I will miss the cows!) 1000-pound, cardboard and carnation chomping reminders that gracefully meander through the crowded streets reminding me that life is nothing but a fairy tale \u2013 a fanciful animal caught in the madness of duties and details. In a country where the cows can mingle among the motorcycles and nibble on vendors\u2019 vegetables \u2013 anything is possible. And in this far away land, there is a secret business of selling magic beans. India takes my love of the cow as payment and puts a few of the seeds in my hand. She tells me that if I plant them in the fertile ground of dreams and water them with the tears of my desires, then they\u2019ll sprout a stock that\u2019ll grow to the sky. \u201cFor this is India. And these are magic beans,\u201d she says. And I believe her. For if the cow is sacred &#8212; can\u2019t everything be holy, mystical and magic?<\/p>\n<p>(<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/public.fotki.com\/solbeam\/photogalleries\/\" target=\"new\">sol&#8217;s travel photos<\/a>) (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/journals.fotki.com\/solbeam\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/journals.fotki.com\/solbeam\/\" target=\"new\">about sol<\/a>) (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.worldsurface.com\/browse\/entry-list.asp?mode=login&amp;loginid=2704&amp;entrytype=1');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.worldsurface.com\/browse\/entry-list.asp?mode=login&amp;loginid=2704&amp;entrytype=1\" target=\"new\">some sol stories<\/a>) (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.leapnow.org');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.leapnow.org\" target=\"new\">LeapNow.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>111 Degrees Fahrenheit Journal Entry Delhi, India 18\/5\/04 111 degrees Fahrenheit in Delhi today. 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