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THE FINAL PUSH FOR ME TO TURN MY DREAMS INTO A REALITY TOOK PLACE IN THE SMALL FISHING TOWN OF DANGRIGA, BELIZE. HOME TO THE INDIGENOUS GARIFUNA PEOPLE IN WHICH MY FATHER WAS BORN. I WAS ON 2 WEEKS VACATION WITH MY FAMILY AND MADE THE CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SLOW DOWN AND ABSORB LIFE SIMPLISTICALLY FOR A PORTION OF THE TRIP. WE WOULD JUMP INTO THE SUV AND TRAVEL THE COUNTRYSIDE DAILY. BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN HILLS, THE MULTILAYERED VALLEYS, THE RURAL PLAINS, THE VARIOUS MAYAN RUINS AND SEASIDE VILLAGES; ONE CONSISTENT UNIVERSAL THEME WAS VISIBLE EVERYWHERE. NATIVE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES  ARE SOME OF THE MOST RESOURCEFUL AND DETERMINED HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS PLANET, THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING PEOPLE DO SO MUCH WITH SO LITTLE WAS INSPIRING ENOUGH FOR ME TO CHANGE MY THINKING AND FINALLY TAKE A CALCULATED RISK.

DANE CASTILLO

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