Lexa Cain's Summer Blog Hop_SHANGRI LA

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Shangri La

First, you must pilgrimage to Zhongdia county in China 

where the poet Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty (265–420) described Shangri-La 

in his work  

The Tale of the Peach Blossom.

But that is only the first stage 

of your perilous journey.  

Many are the obstacles and guardians 

to this fabled realm.

The lazy attempt to reach it through 

the Diqing Shangri la Airport in Yunan China 

but where their plane lands 

is not their desired destination, 

for the lazy and selfish do not attain 

their souls' desire.

No, only those hearts who forget reward 

in their quest to ease the suffering of even the least of all things ...

suddenly take an unexpected bend 

in life's crooked trail, 

look up, 

and finally see the gateway to fabled Shangri la,

the end of their struggles,

and 

the beginning of their journey to enlightenment. 

Here's wishing you find your own  
Shangri la 

this summer.