Attitude determines altitude. This guy is choosing to fly high above his circumstances.

Reminds me of the great traffic cop in Pittsburgh who for many years entertained as he kept the traffic moving right along.  Too bad the other cops got jealous and he had to retire early because of it, but he went on to entertain others over the years via guest appearances on streets all across America. 

MAYAN ELDER INAUGURATED INTO PUBLIC OFFICE

Guatemala City, Guatemala August 9, 2008  

Speech by President Alvaro Colom Caballeros 

Honorable representatives of the Council of Elders of Guatemala, Vice president of the Republic, Ministers, Diplomatic  Body, friends of the Republic that accompany us today. In this day, most likely, not all of us who are here present in this plaza can comprehend the significance of this event. Today I come dressed in Kashlan because I come from a Kashlan family, I didn't have the honor to be born into an Indigenous village. 

 

In June of 1994 I was honored and blessed by the Heart of the Heavens to meet Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj. He has had the patience to teach me those principles, the 20 days of the Mayan calendar, that ancestral wisdom. I continue to be his student. Because I was not born into an Indigenous village, I didn't receive the Mayan education from my birth, instead I entered into it in my later years.  I have had the honor to meet many of the Indigenous Elders that are here today. We have shared many things together in these past 14 years.  (The president addresses some Elders here and mentions specific memorable incidents he had with them in places like Iximche, Peten, etc.)  It is this connection with them, this walking at their side, learning from them, this is what has transformed my life. It transformed it so much that it has made me the President now.  

 

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