Hello all, I'm back in California, feeling wonderfully grounded and completely enjoying the time I have to spend with loved ones. There are some things that I wanted to share which I never took the time to post over the last months.
This is a picture of Marcus. He was a camper at the summer camp I worked at over the summer in Rota, southern Spain. Marcus has down syndrome and quite a few family programs. I was captivated by his abundant love and imagination. During camp he would ask me to go on walks so he could tell me stories about his adventures, which were all created in his mind. These stories were vibrant with description and excitement. Most of all I am left with a fascination of his genius for story telling. Perhaps he tapped into this to escape from realities that accompany his disability and family life. His story telling is clearly a gift nonetheless.
It seems to me that each person has a very specific intelligence that one is to discover, cultivate and share. I see people, like Marcus, who face great obstacles arrive at an understanding and optimal usage of their individual genius. Hopefully one uses their comforts of life to encourage, rather than prevent, the discovery of one's true genius.
