Not long ago I arrived here in Brasil and a Family member of mine here said “who came in the rain is still wet”. It runs through my head from time to time. I am still probably too wet. At first when I arrived I was so excited to be here but had a lot of obstacles in my path to jump, now I understand this place a bit more…wouldn’t say perfectly, maybe knowing less would have been better. I’m always trying to figure shit out… this is just how my brain works. I just don’t know if things can change enough for me to truly feel safe. It isn’t just my personal safety, but it is the respect of one person to another in business and the fact that a handshake means very little. Of course I know and work with truly wonderful people who feel the same way as I do, the differences is that they know that there is little that they can do and I still believe that I can change the world.
For instance, last week 4-5 men were killed. Hog-tied and shot. They just happened to be trying to put together an environmental community. They were trying to live better but that agenda would call for change. As we all know change can be scary…but deadly? For many others…Yes.
