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it is not about the "where" but about the "going". ::: there never was nor ever will be a greater currency than itself manifest as the forms of family--- of friendship. ::: "tell us the story of The Three Fools": the first of the fools was a mountain guide from Nepal. growing up in the high elevations had expanded his lungs and darkened the skin on his face. he knew the summits of these mountains like the hills of his knuckles. so innately aware of their alluring beauty, he was also aware of their precarious stillness; each one of them a guillotine of ice and snow-pack ready to drop to the head of a perfect vibration. although their stillness was purposefully disrupted by mountain rescue teams, the fool was all too wise in knowing not all mountains were so naϊve. on a cloudless, sunny morning, brisk air enlivened the colorful prayer flags watching over the climbers like angels. the fool and climbers were talking through the steam of their coffee when a th...