An emotional backlash hit me when I learned of the release of Ingrid Betancourt today. She was kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla and remained captive for six long years until today, thanks to Colombian spies who infiltrated the compound and posed as would-be FARC pilots.
May the shock of freedom not take the best of you, Ingrid. I hope you don't let the crashing echoes of that roaring Colombian jungle mislead you. All the torments lived are nothing but an illusion now.
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
-Buddha
*Hincapié: Jenn Hammond has my gratitude.
