Epilogue 325

EVERY READER WANTS the ending to the story. After all, each of you were drawn to Rose’s experiences and insights. For weeks after completing the basic story, I searched for the perfect ending. For days on end I asked, prayed, and meditated. I wrote four different endings but ultimately chose none of them because the journey to compassion is a never-ending story. Perhaps Chris died trying to reach Rose. Perhaps he showed up, and soon, she realized they had completed their journey together. Perhaps he remained missing. Or perhaps, as we would all hope, they were reunited and lived happily ever after. But the only happily ever after is your own creation. Compassion is the frequency that tunes you into what’s real. It is a doorway we are all seeking.

The real truth is the journey into your heart. Deeper and deeper you travel, unraveling your own mysteries, because the real story is you. It is about who you become with each new experience. This is what I know: each character in this story is actually a part of myself. Just like all the residents of the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan, we have a chance to create a new reality and new patterns every moment. Some of us will rebuild the same traps over and over again, in which we feel stuck. Others will dare to risk and create new expanded selves through conscious compassion.

Over the past fifteen years, I have been led on a journey into the gift of emotions. I wanted to share what I have learned with as many people as possible. I have always had an aversion to self-help books and systems of discovery, because, although they can be helpful, people