1. Determined

Determination. It is very powerful when the mind and the heart are determined to accomplish anything in the world. I am writing what I am being channeled through some source. Not really sure what it is. I hear a young female sitting around a group of guys who are not agreeing in the hope that she is trying to feed them. She is determined that this person can help her. This person will listen to her. Her friends think she is obsessed with this person whom she thinks is able to help them somehow. They keep telling her that there is no person who is going to listen to her. Why would the person take the time to communicate with her in a way that she understands, she would argue. Why would anyone take the time to make sure that the message they are sending is going to reach them? Of course, they told her that she is delusional and that there is no one out to help her. She needs to focus on the path of the entire caravan. All the people who break away from the caravan end up missing, or getting caught and trafficked. They kept telling her that her ideas were totally wrong and they should not be letting her lead them towards more and more danger.

“What answers has the person given you?” they asked her. Follow your intuition. That is it, they would angrily yell at her. There is no one talking to you, the guys would try to convince her. I do not know any of these people. However it seems they are coming from deep down south. Maybe somewhere in Central America or the lower part of Mexico. I am not sure. It seems that there are five males and one female traveling together. For many kilometers, they had been walking with a group of thousands heading for the United States. Most of them are in their early twenties. One of the fellas is barely seventeen it seems. He and one of the other guys that do much negative talking to her have a crush on her and desire that she give up on this thought that there is someone who has been communicating with her specifically. There is no way in the world that this one individual in the United States that lives somewhere near she doesn’t know, is going to be calling to her and wants to help her. Her! The person does not know who she is. She doesn’t even really know who the person is either. She thinks she does. But she does not know anything about the person, the two guys that want her try to convince her.

It seems all but one of them has lost most or all of their family. That has to be very tough. To be in your early twenties and the ties to your history are cut off completely. To wander through lands and fields of the unknown. Imagine walking through roads where no one knows you. Now we have phones and devices, we can always stop somewhere and find a place to get a hold of someone who you might think would want to hear from you. But when traveling down roads where no one knows you at all, there are sometimes challenges to get these devices to charge up while you wait, before getting looked at as a stranger or putting yourself in danger.

But there is a force that keeps someone walking, not letting defeat win. There is a power within us all that can overcome even the greatest obstacles in life, and the girl knew it. She knows that she is connected to this person she is communicating with.

Of course there are several stories where a greater force has led a person to victory. It is within us all to find that power, and this young lady has done the same. She has connected to source, and is being guided to the United States. All of them are journeying to the US. It is the promise land to them. From a land of a tyrant or communist government, they hear that freedom is much better. The promise land is on the other side. The grass is greener on the other side for them. These are the stories that they have had passed down from family members. There is more opportunity to work. The older of the two that like the female wants her to settle down with him, but follow his lead to where his family is already settled, somewhere in California. He wants her to go his way. She does not feel the same way for him as he does for her. She is glad to have company with her, but she refuses to listen to what these two are feeding her. She has decided to follow this path to freedom and does not understand why she would jump to freedom to get tied down to one of them, who is already showing her that he is trying to keep her down.

I am not sure, something about the words from this person that are used as key words to where to turn or where to look. They can’t comprehend how they could follow her when there is no definite route that she is following. There is just something that she read that day that led her to that path, as if it was a decoded message that only she understood. Many times they ran into other tribes, but soon enough she would continue walking her own way. At one time, I think the group was around ten or eleven. I am not sure what kind of tragedies she or they had gone through. But being able to relate to someone out in the universe, helped her feel hope where it all seemed to be hopeless for her. She did not want to stop believing in herself now. Nothing has stopped her or hurt her. She knows she feels safe, the person says she has the power to control her surroundings. Several times the ones that follow her have tried to force her to stay with more people or stay and follow their lead.

But she leaves when she wants to. She follows no other person. She lost her mom recently. The things she saw her mother go through are horrifying. Whatever she feels, she is determined to find this person, and she feels that she is getting signs from information that was written to her from a long time ago. This is where her friends keep jumping to the point that there is no way that this person is still alive. That there is disappointment to be found. This is the information that these males she walks with are trying to feed her. But why does she walk with them? One of them must have saved her life from another one trying to do her some harm. He tried to see himself as her protector, the person she is meant to follow because he is a man, and a man is going to need the woman. The person would talk to her about being independent, that it is possible to make it out of the worst situations because there are many that have traveled those paths. Many have not made it. Many have died. Many died inside. Many live without free will. This journey to freedom, to be in the land of the free, only to have it taken away. But many have made it. The person says that there are many that have gone against all odds and survived. That she is the one that goes against all odds. She is the power, the source and the will to beat the odds. She will know where to go because she will follow her heart and let no man take away her power of knowing that she is going down the right path. The person does not tell her what to do because it is commanded of her. The person informs that she must command to the universe her desire, and she will manifest it into reality. The person gave her so many hidden messages that she tries to share with others. But no one sees what she sees. They think she has an overactive imagination.

There have been a few traps that the main guy that likes her has helped her out on their journey. There have been quite a few times when he shared his meal or his drink with her. There were many times when he listened to her rant about this person. There are routes he followed and situations that could have been avoided if she would listen to him, he thought. He attempted to demand that she stop leading them into trouble and she must follow him now. He even grabbed her arm and attempted to take her. She has always refused, kicked and fought him and anyone who has tried to stop her. She went left even when the entire crowd went right. No one knows what happened to those thousands of thousands of people migrating. There are a few hundred that end up missing. There are numbers of them captured when traveling in herds. Starvation and disease have eliminated quite a few on their journey to the north, “Paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.” These guys think they have avoided the safer paths by following the crowds then following her, but for some reason cannot seem to not want to stop following her. They want her to follow them but she won’t so they keep following her.

Most likely these guys following her all secretly have a crush or desire for her. Each with his own agenda, waiting for their competition to be eliminated. I do not think she knows that they all like her. Maybe she senses the one pulling the most, but not the others. But why would five guys who did not know each other continue walking in a path of, what they sense to be dangerous instead of the path that seems safest. Because they all have their own agenda. They do not know, she is following her pure heart, her pure connection to reaching what she desires. It is not them who save her from the many dangers, but more than half of the time, she with her intuition, saves them from dangers that they could not perceive, being blinded by wanting to take the easier route.

2. Through the Mountains

It is a matter of listening to your intuition, to know when to say yes and when to say no. Those that listen to their hearts find their way through the darkest energies. Those that refuse to listen to their inner voice out of fear or laziness, set themselves up for doom.

She has always followed the best path to her destination, and it has kept her alive. Any one of those paths that someone else tried to force on her against her intuition could have been the wrong path for her, that would have gotten her caught and in the hands of people who use females for human trafficking. It might seem like strength in numbers sometimes, but when the lions come for their prey, the ones who get caught are not going to be saved by the others running from the danger, trying to save their own skin. If one person dies in order to prevent you from one danger, and there is still immediate danger after that person dies, then you remain in danger still and the truth still applies that you have to save yourself.

Sometimes the herd running from danger kills anyone in its path as a collective. The entire herd keeps running not realizing that one of their own has died. There are many reasons why following a big crowd is not always a good idea. However, she follows her intuition and when she feels she should travel with the crowd for a while, she does. There are people put in your path to help you along the way. They do not have any intention to take you or from you. They do their part when their life connects with yours and give their gratitude along with pay it forward, that need you to accept their gift to you along your path, so that they may continue to prosper in their path. She seems to know when it is time to trust someone and when not to. That is important, because if you reject these people who are truly trying to help you along your path, then you miss your rewards and keep wondering when they will come. The lifesavers come in different forms and sources. It is important for us, no matter what age, to stay true to ourselves and not be afraid of change. Once you get to the unknown, then it is no longer unknown, and you must challenge yourself to continue to learn and grow in life, knowledge and experience.

This young lady is constantly heading to the unknown. She is constantly following her heart wherever it may lead her. She is going through constant change, but she has seen something that has given her hope. No matter what the obstacles, she continues going. She is far from home. There is no way back as far as she is concerned. She is coming to a land of the free. You might think I am crazy, but I think I saw her on tv one day as I was with my mother enjoying a good chat. They did a quick interview of her, I remember seeing. It was in the Spanish news, because the English news hardly ever tell these stories. But the US Spanish stations report the news about those issues going on in Latin American countries. But like the evening news on ABC, they will have a thirty second interview and move on to the next part of the story about the caravan, the thousands of people walking towards the United States. So I guess you can imagine that I could not have read this information somewhere. I am not sure it is her that I am writing about either, for sure. I do not know her name, either one, the one that this story is about or the one on the news.

The crazy thing is that the interview I remember happened days after Biden took office. I do not know if they are related, or if there was ever a story told about her, or what happened to her on her journey here. It has been two years since I have seen that footage. But maybe I saw her for a reason. I did not know it at the time, but the story stuck in my head, and today I am writing about a person who I have never met or talked to in my life.

Back to the story of the young lady in a small town in Mexico. She is trying to get away from these negative influences, because she feels they are really trying to get the best of her. There was an older lady in their path that told her that many live trapped in this horrible cycle of routine and boredom towards death in the place where she is heading. There are many things that are not what they seem. They are traps set out to stop her. There are many who have walked her path. They end up getting trapped. Trapped in this matrix. They do not see that they are brainwashed and keep thinking that they have to settle for whatever life has given them, and that if they think outside of this matrix they will be punished. There are many who went seeking freedom and have none. No freedom at work, no freedom at home. They live several miserable years trapped and do not realize that they are giving up their freedom that they fought so hard to find. The young lady seems frightened by the information and wonders why this input is being given to her by the elder lady that has crossed her path. The lady also told the young man interested in her very much that his wishes will be granted in due time. But if he rushes or tries to interfere with the process, he will find himself miserable. One of the men with her was told that his path would be shortened for the choices he makes.

The source or the message from this person was always there on time. But her message reaches her when she really needs the answer or the path to take. I am not sure who this person is, to be honest, but it seems that if she would ask herself what it is that she is looking for, she would probably find the same answer. It seems that the person is the endpoint that she is giving herself. Once she arrives to that point, or finds a different path to take, then a new journey begins.

There was this point in her journey where she started hallucinating from lack of food and walking for so long. She thought she was being led by a snake that slithered through this path through a wooded area. She remembers walking for what might have seemed like hours to her. She remembers passing out somewhere in the forest and waking up in a bed. She was so confused.

The thought of tomorrow seems foreign to her. She seems to be numb to the events that happen in her life. Romance has not been in her mind at all, and settling down is out of the question. How could she think about settling down, when at the moment there is no settling for her. All of their goals are to make it to the United States to find this freedom that others rave about. To find work that is so much lacking in their country. The money that they don’t have, that the desire to have to feel happier, it appears in their minds. There are mountains ahead. What is there in the mountains worth going straight to them? Seems it would be easier to walk around and find a town to lay for the night. Looking out to the horizon, it seems that you could get through the mountains to the other side in a day’s walk. But all of them have walked far enough to recognize that their sights deceive them when judging the amount of time it would take for one to get through the mountains.

The shortest path to where they want to go is straight through the mountains, it seems in a two dimension display on their phone. But they all decided it is not the best route. So now there is a major choice to make, left or right? Which is the best path if not straight? How does one choose? Do you flip a coin, or just decide? What about when there are more than one person making the decision? Does one take the role of leader and dictate the path?

T​he guy that wants to be with her, who thinks he is the leader, studies the map on one of the other’s phone and decides that they should go left. He is basing his theory on the fact that California is towards their left, so it would be most fitting to go left. Most of the other guys are clueless and feel afraid of making choices for the group or even for themselves. They all said okay, but not her. Her path is leading her towards the target of either the Central or Eastern part of the United States. Plus, from where they are, they are more positioned to the right of the mountain set, so getting to the center point of the other side of the mountains would be easiest heading right. I doubt anyone used that logic for their decisions, but if you looked at a map and where they are heading, you are getting an overview of the whole picture. But when you are in the physical, there are many elements to consider before taking any route. Imagine, in an area like that, once you leave the town that is giving you a phone signal, you will not be able to see what’s ahead in detail. No weather updates, no terrain information. So getting informed before such a trip is crucial.

“​We really should go left! I have already decided.” he demands. He also insists that she made most of the decisions and it is time she lets someone else decide. She tells him that they can decide whatever they want. They can all go left, she is going right. She hasn’t demanded anything from them, she has always just gone her own way and doesn’t know why they keep following. If this is where they need to part, then so be it. She starts walking right and they follow.

I​magine the sight, walking with an enormous mountain to the left of you. The very edge of that mountain at your feet. It is a fun journey in the beginning. But if you are traveling for days and days, and you are next to a mountain, I wonder how much can you really enjoy the view.

3. Walking in the rain

Have you ever walked in the rain? Not just from the car to the house, I mean really walked in the rain. Where your destination is at least 15 minutes walking distance. That is a short walk too. A fifteen minute walk is a two minute drive. Let’s say a good thirty minute walk. Some people walk faster than others, and traveling distances are either miles, kilometers or other, depending on where you live. Time is standard when considering seconds to minutes to hours. So the question is have you ever had to go to a destination that is thirty minutes walking distance from you? In that walking distance, it seems somewhere in the direction you will walk, it will rain. You can see the clouds from a distance, but cannot see rain. It is not raining in your immediate area where you are standing. If you were faced with the choice of whether to go walking even though it might rain, then you have an idea of the feeling you might get in getting caught walking in the rain, your clothes could get wet. There are so many issues that run through your mind that would probably have you lean towards not walking.

You could wait, you can call a friend or family member, or you can postpone. There are quite a few options that you have to choose from. But what about someone who has to get to work and has no transportation. Many people still have the option to either wait a while, family or friends, or rideshare options that we have now. However, some will still not have those options that I mentioned. So there are now less options to choose on whether to walk or not on a path where it might rain. It is not a definite yes that it is raining, since in the area you are standing at, it is not raining. Depending on where you live, there might be options to take a bus to get where you are going. Bus options means you will do some walking too though. So your mind might go through what options do you have before taking the walk.

Now let’s say there are reasons that you decide there are no other options but to walk to where you are going. You convince yourself that those clouds are not that bad, or maybe the thought doesn’t even cross your mind, because you are determined that you need to walk to the destination no matter what obstacles there might be along the path. There are many reasons why you would choose that option. Especially, like I said, if it is not raining in the area you are standing on. So you have made the decision to walk and your journey begins to your destination. I am not sure how many readers have been faced with this decision and decided with little to no thought that they are going to walk that path. For those that would not even consider the option to walk, let me paint a picture of how it would look like for someone who does.

You begin your walk down to the destination you are going, feeling the breeze, smelling the air, and walking the walk. Compared to a hot summer day, walking on a cloudy day with a chance of rain might be more pleasant. When you walk on a very hot summer day in the high nineties or above, then by the time you get to a destination that is about thirty minutes away, you are soaked in your own sweat.

But imagine the young lady having walked miles away from what she called her home. She went on a long journey in search for a better life, and there are many miles still ahead of her. It is too far to walk back and there is no one she knows in the area she is located at, except the five guys that walk on this journey with her. Many times she has gone against the grain, the opposite direction from the caravan of people who are on a similar journey as her. What do you decide to do when you are in an area where you do not know anybody, and you see a storm far away in the direction that you are walking?

Imagine, if you have never had to make a decision of what to do when there is a storm far away, how it must be for the young lady, my G-Rated friends. She is walking against all the elements that might come her way. If it rains at a moment when there is no shelter, she gets wet. She is not driving, so there is no cover from the rain or moving away from it quickly. She just gets rained on as she continues to walk to a point where she can find shelter, or she outlasts the storm. I say she, but it is like that for anyone who is on a long journey in a place where they do not know anybody and does not have the money to spend to be welcomed anywher. It is like that for her and her friends who have been walking for weeks and weeks.

It is not like going for a thirty minute walk, getting wet for a while, and having the opportunity to clean up, shower and get dry clothes. If you are walking and get caught in a heavy storm, then all your clothes and belongings get wet too. These walkers do not have money to pay for a motel, or get a decent meal, or even travel on wheels. They take this journey by foot, for many months, in search of a better life than the one they have at home. A better life that many take for granted. A better life, that somehow seems to bring many Americans into depression and mental health problems. Many people migrate to this country for a taste of that better life that just doesn’t seem to please some people living here, and become bitter to others for trying to live the “American Dream”

It takes a good while for the young lady and her friends to dry up after being hit by that heavy storm they had to endure. They walk down this path and somehow they are able to find enough necessities to help them keep going. They lack shelter, a moving vehicle, or ample food, but what they do find they share, and their bond helps them all to keep going. Through the toughest rain.

4. 2hr Smartphone limit

So for now she is still this young female traveler, or immigrant, traveling with 4 or 5 male travelers hoping to make it to a better life in the United States. The question of today’s topic is, could you go with only being able to use your smartphone for only two hours or less a day?

The young travelers walked for a few hours now, not as soaked as they were after getting away from the storm. They had taken a thirty minute break not that long ago, so they were all trying to continue walking and start looking for shelter before dusk.

There had been more than a couple of nights where the fellas were worrisome at the thought that darkness had fallen and they had not found a place to rest. The later the night, the scarier, when you don’t have a place to seek shelter, and the night creatures begin to howl and hunt. But they have survived through those nights and are still walking, my G-Rated friends. They have learned to work with each other to keep their group surviving. For example, only one person has their phone on at a time unless they are somewhere that they are charging their phones.

But what happens when the last person with power loses it? It is best for each of them to remember as much as they can from the GPS and pay careful attention to their surroundings and the positions of the sun and moon, in case they get stuck in a town with a few turns that could get them lost easily. Sometimes it is just one straight and narrow path to walk for hours and hours, days upon days.

Imagine the team work that this young group displays. Could you go days without seeing your phone, connected to your networks? You should try it more than a couple of times, I would strongly suggest. Go without a phone for two or more days. It is relieving when you are in a situation where you just cannot answer your phone for days. You begin to start getting detached from it and begin to see what is in front of you, surrounding you. It has taken me time to go back to using my phone, and now that I finally got a phone to use, I have a tendency to not use it too much, like I used to.

These fellas have designated times when each can be on their phones. Of course many times a few of them cheat, and the journey continues. All of their phones are dead and they have been for none of them know how long now cause their phones are all dead. All of their belongings are still semi soaked from the morning storm they walked through. The sun was blazing hot and it was somewhere around midday she speculated to one of the guys. He asks if she thinks they will have another long walk through the night. Not tonight, she replies that she has a feeling that there will be help somewhere. The teenage boy asks from where in this empty dirt road will they get help. As they looked at the long lonely dirt road ahead, they all turned and looked at her for her reply.

They tease her asking if the person had sent her any message today and insisted to know how she knew they weren’t working through the night. She told them she did not know how and no, there was no message from the person. The teen boy started nagging about what she did not know and he was afraid they were going to walk through the night, and how he could not understand why they always follow her lead.

The sun was beginning to set and all of them were tired of walking and listening to the young man talak as they traveled down this lonely dirt road. Suddenly an old truck with an elderly man slowly drives towards them, stops and asks where they are heading. The oldest member of them steps to the window to inform the older man of where they were going. The older man informs them that he needs work done in his ranch, which was a few kilometers northwest of where they were now. They would probably have to stay a couple of nights there, in order to finish all the work needed to be done. The old man tells them not to worry because there are plenty of rooms and food for them to eat. The one who talked to the old man jumped in the front seat and ordered the others to jump in the back seat because they are going to go work with the guy for a couple days and they will have a place to stay.

They all jump in the back of the truck, the girl throws her bag and lays down in the middle. The others sit around her. The teen boy sat there waiting for her to say something smart to him like she always does but she was too tired to point out that she was right again. She simply closes her eyes and listens to the guys talk about what they think they will be doing and how they think it will look. Also, they were excited to lay, rest, sleep, shower, and eat in a safe place for once in a long time. One of them starts asking what is the first thing that they want to do when they get there. What would you do if you walked for weeks and weeks without stopping for a good while to shower, eat or sleep?

The guy in the passenger side introduces himself as Leo. He and the driver have a nice long conversation on the ride home. Leo is told what needs to be done in the ranch for them to be able to stay there and puts him personally in charge of the group and the tasks to be done around the ranch.

5. Give yourself a break

“I don’t know, just because he gave us a ride to his ranch doesn’t mean we have to stay. Or we can leave later tonight while he sleeps after we all had some rest.” she replies.

All the guys were excited to stay at the ranch for a few days. Before they even had a chance to shower, shave, rest, and eat, she was already planning to leave. Leo couldn’t understand why again she cannot stop for a second. She is always on the move.

Can you imagine constantly going, even though your body tells you to stop and look around. Enjoy the now. Can you imagine punishing yourself constantly now so that later you could possibly enjoy the rewards of your wait and sacrifice? Sure you can. Almost everyone lives this way at some point in their life for one reason or another. Some sacrifice external pleasures so they can go to Heaven. Some save for years to buy a new house. Some spend time, money and energy in their business instead of self, so that the business may take care of them later. She has a goal in mind and won’t stop until she gets there. But she must learn, as we all, that sometimes you have to give yourself a break.

If you just started yesterday or only been on a mission for only a week or so, then I would say keep working harder before taking a break. But if you have been at it for a long while, with little food or rest, then yes, it is important for all of us to understand that we have to listen to our body and sometimes you have to give yourself a break. Don’t be so hard on yourself. That is the extent of my advice and opinion. I don’t have the details to give more input on their situation. Each person has their limit that they either choose to stay within or go beyond.

The young lady has been on this mission of hers for some time. She seems to have enough to keep her going day by day without much money in her pockets. She might not eat every day. She might not stop walking most of the day. She might not shower or change clothes everyday. But she is still moving, traveling through this trail. She receives messages from this person from an unknown source, but this person seems to be communicating with her, guiding her on this path she is heading. No one knows what her source is besides her. She only gets to be on her smartphone for 2 hours a day limit. It could be her own conscience that is guiding her and she places it in a person, or there could be a person she talks to or gets her information from in that short time she has her phone on. Whatever it is, she seems to be in tune with the universe and it is being guided through this journey from the south part of the Mexican borders to the north. She is on her way to what she and her friends consider the promise land, the land of hope. The United States of America. Somewhere there.

There is no current information on how long she has been walking now, how long she has been with these friends of hers, or how far down Mexico has she traveled or how much more she has to go. They were walking down a long road after having gotten rained on not that long ago, on their way around a set of mountains they decided to instead of through them. Not sure what they have gone through so far. But now they have found themselves in a ranch of a friendly driver who stopped and offered to give them a ride for as far as his place was. He also offered them work in his ranch for a couple of days before they go on their way.

WE all need help down the road we travel. We all need food and water. We need rest and sleep. And we all need some kind of motivation to keep us going. Some have spiritual motivation. Some choose money, dreams, goals, or accomplishments to motivate them. Some need family to motivate them. People. We all need something to keep us going. And as we travel through those trails, we find that energy to give us exactly what we need at the right moment in time. It usually works that way, even if we don’t believe it at first. The mysteries of the universe. Sometimes we get caught up in our mission or our personal goals, and determination to reach them, and we stop paying attention to the signs and the help from the universe. Our minds get caught up in our constraints and time frames, that we stress ourselves out way more than we should. We punish ourselves more than we should or force ourselves to not allow ourselves to do the things that our minds would like us to do. Sometimes, and I am guilty of this one quite a bit, we criticize ourselves too hard, too tough, too much. Once we let go and ease up a little, we find that the universe works things out at the right moment. We need to sometimes take that rest, or accept that help someone offers. We have to learn to give ourselves a break.

“Just for two days please!” Leo pleads, “I have to still talk to all the guys, but it appears that they want to stay the couple of days. Look! I know you don’t care. I know you don’t. But please, just please reason with me this once. Listen to me for once. I don’t want to chase you. You know that if you go I will go with you. I cannot stay anywhere in peace thinking that you are out there trying to find this damn person that might not exist.” She turns aways, Leo grabs her arm and continues, practically begging “I’m sorry I just…I can’t let you go out there by yourself. I am scared, what if I find you dead somewhere, once I get up from resting while you kept walking. I would punish myself. I would blame myself for letting you go out there alone. Please! We all need a break. Including you. You smelllll….” They both laugh and she tells him that he smells too.

“I know! We both need to freshen up. Get our clothes cleaned. Eat and rest our feet for just a little bit. I am not saying that we have to give up on your mission. I just want you to give yourself a break.”

“You don’t have to follow me. I stop when I feel it is the right time and the right place. I appreciate the ride, I just don’t feel that this is the place to rest. I can still walk. I need to walk. I don’t care about your friends. They are all lost. They don’t know where they are going. They are just following along. They could live or die. No one will know that they are here or gone. So why would I care what they think? And you! I don’t know what ideas you have in your head. But I am not interested in you” she replies.

“Why? Because you believe this person is going to let you into his house and be happy to see you? Welcome you as if you were expected for a very long time?” he asks angrily.

“You think that we were connected for some special reason! You think you found me because I am the one that is supposed to be yours. Why? Because out of the many people we have come across along the way, I am the only female around your age that you have come across and followed for a while? You think that by you chasing me, “saving me” as you so claim, and keeping me company that I am going to suddenly give into your lust. That I will “settle down” with you? IS that what you are thinking, dumbass? Cause if it is then I can tell you that you are totally wrong. I do not have to tell you anything about the messages I receive, how I receive them or how I know that I need to keep following their guidance instead of yours. I don’t have to explain anything to you. I left my country for freedom! For freedom! IF I marry you or settle for you, I lose my freedom. I lose myself, to satisfy your ego. I would have to tell you what you demand me to tell you. I would have to obey you. I would have to live the same way I lived in my country. Why do I want that? Especially with you. Who do not have any money. You do not have an idea what you are going to do in U.S. except work. But right now you do not know where you are going to work. What you are going to do. Where you are going to live. Why would I follow you or be with you, when you are following me like a lost puppy. Like a dog I found wandering around and decided to follow me and protect me from dangers. And you expect me to bow down to you? Give yourself a break!” she snaps back.

With his head down he gets up out of the chair and tells her that he will go talk to the guys and see what they would like to do tonight. It is dark now, and it seems like the best thing to do is to rest here in the ranch, but he couldn’t relax if he wanted to, with the thought that she might end up leaving in the middle of the night. All the fellas agreed that they had no intention of leaving tonight at any time of the night. In fact, they felt it was best to sit out these two days at the ranch helping out the old man. They already showered, and were promised food and a bed to sleep in, so they were not going to conspire against this kind stranger, they all agreed. Leo was caught in between deciding to go with her, just the two of them, or convince or force her to stay somehow. He already knew there was no way he would change their minds. If it wasn’t for her, he wouldn’t have had a second thought to the offer either, so he understood why all the other men did not want to give up this needed opportunity. He had convinced them several times to keep going instead of heading a different direction, or following the group or anything. So how could he ask them again for another huge favor, he asked himself. Especially since there have been several times that because of her poor choices, they all had things happen that co

6. The party before work

The guys were all outside talking about their choice to stay or to leave. They were all saying that he was wasting his time on her. It is time for her to go on her own, but this is a great opportunity that they cannot pass up. They all give him sympathy saying that yes she is pretty and probably worth it. But there is a point when two opposing paths need to go their separate ways. She has survived all this time and longer than that before he met her. If he feels in his gut that he needs to make a stand, he should, and if she doesn’t bow down, then she should leave on her own, because there are many good things that he has already passed up and there will be plenty of fish in the sea. As one of the guys was telling him that, she comes into the picture and of course, that awkward silence hits everyone. “You want me to leave?” she asks.

He stands up to try to defend himself when the host comes out excitedly.

“My friends! What you think? Will you stay and work? In exchange for food and a bed? For two days I ask. And speaking of food, I have a feast for you. Eat up tonight. Tomorrow there is much work to be done. You like beer? Everyone drink. I want each one to know that I appreciate you. I appreciate the work. I appreciate the friendship. I thank the Lord for the food and this ranch! So do you want a beer or do I have to drink alone again?”

They all got a large plate of food and a beer. This all was a treat for them cause they had been out on the road with little food and no showers. Now they are here getting treated like royalty, it felt to them.

The seventeen year old boy goes to sit next to her sitting alone with an angry face. He tries cheering her up and tries to explain that she walked out at the worst time and heard things wrong. Ain’t that the way it happens though? Like on Eminem’s song where he jokingly says “oops my CD just skipped. And everyone heard you let one rip.” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the galaxy is another hilarious example where Arthur Dent blurts out “everyone here are just drunken idiots!” as the CD stops long enough for everyone to hear him.

But the young boy continues to cheer her up and as he says “we were all just saying that we all need this. We think you are great. And smart. And pretty. I would not have gone as far as we did I don’t think. But we were telling Leo that you should stay for a couple days too but if not…then you…should…go…your…separate…” His words start to slow down as his eyes caught the view of a beautiful young lady inside the house.

7. The Next Chapter

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