{"id":11198,"date":"2014-06-07T23:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/?p=11198"},"modified":"2014-06-08T13:46:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T20:46:30","slug":"i-was-lost-and-then-i-was-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2014\/06\/07\/i-was-lost-and-then-i-was-found\/","title":{"rendered":"I was lost and then I was found&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today got started a bit late and it seemed that so many things were going wrong.  That was confirmed when I accidentally ended up on a bus heading to the wrong city with only 40 cents in my pocket&#8211;not enough for any kind of bus fare to get to where I needed to be.  And of course I was in a country where I don&#8217;t speak the language, not even a few basic words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t feeling very adventurous at that moment.  In fact, I was near tears.  I was looking around, wondering who I might beg to help me.  (It didn&#8217;t help that I had another freak out dream last night, once where I was in the middle of a shooting incident at a college campus, waking up as the shots were ringing all around me at the same time that some passersby we&#8217;re screaming outside my bedroom window).  I was tired and rather desperate for something familiar&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, the bus driver helped me figure out what to do to get where I wanted to go, and due to his kindness the next bus driver let me ride for free.  And then I got to where I wanted to be, which turned out to be magical.  I took a long stroll into the woods, letting myself get lost and not caring, knowing that the road was not far and that I needed some time to clear my head and recover from the fears of earlier.<\/p>\n<p>That that walk ended up in a picturesque ramble through a patch of knee-high stinging nettle should hardly surprise me given the many things that already went wrong.  <\/p>\n<p>But then again, so much more went right than went wrong, and I know that someday I&#8217;ll such a great story to tell as a result&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. The internet gremlins aren&#8217;t allowing me to upload any photos today, so that will have to wait for another time&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today got started a bit late and it seemed that so many things were going wrong. That was confirmed when I accidentally ended up on a bus heading to the wrong city with only 40 cents in my pocket&#8211;not enough for any kind of bus fare to get to where I needed to be. 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