09/01/2021
Errol has by the time of the video travelled together with us for around three weeks. He would know many of the homeless, the hustlers and the beggars by name - opening the door to a world usually hidden to foreigners. He translated the Spanish words, the local customs and the idiosyncratic understandings of Costa Rica, to us.
The people we met together were deeply moved, towards healing after hearing about his own transformational experience. We went from San Josè to Tamarindo, to La Fortuna and back. We explored the cities, cooked, shared life stories and created new adventures together. Exploring jungle, the volcanic hot springs, the tropical beaches... got a different view, when the many worlds collided and met.⛱️🌎🧭
☀️We could write a novel about the depth, the complexity and the intricacies of Errol’s personality and life story, which has too often been disregarded, unseen and unheard by others. But when you look beyond the tattooed appearance, the street jargon and the edgy demeanor, you can see the magnitude of the heart! that has opened up once again due to healing and unconditional love.
Just imagine what is possible, when the sick, the maimed and the lost are healed, recovered and found - whether they are on the streets with tattered cloths, or in the corporate environment with suits and ties.
➡️☀️ On the day of the recording, Errol made an existential decision, to pay off a previous hustling debt on the streets in a peaceful way. It was done free of violence through his own physical labor of washing toilets, rubbing floors. And humbly taking responsibility for the past. Despite being threatened by a gun and having some of his previous connections on a revenge list by the person he owned money to.
➡️☀️That alone might have saved several lives - including the path of his own soul.
☀️Part of the transcript follows:
So Errol, what were you like 1 month ago?
“I was on the street, I was suicidal.
Litterely walking the streets with my eyes closed on purpose, to see if a car would hit me
⁃ Honestly speaking, a lot of people don’t know this.. But I wake up and thank God for such a beautiful day and watch my kids, but please.. let today be the day, somebody actually kills me”
Then what happened?
“ I don’t know. Something like smack me, and said “go talk to them”
I asked for change for the bus and they offered me healing and I said “please do it”
What did you experience?
“Right there and then? That I didn’t want to kill myself anymore.”
What hopes and dreams do you have for your life for now on?
“Look even before I met you, my dream was to help people.
When I was young, I was an evil, violent little kid. When I had kids, my mindset changed, when my son died, I said I wanna be more like him.
His mission was to be there for everybody, nobody tought him that.”
“I can be as bad as the worst of them, and as good as the best of them. But I’m tired of being bad, doesn’t pay off.”
If you had a message to share to the world, what would you share?
“We’re all in this together man, everybody should help each other
⁃ I’ve seen kids in the streets, sleeping on cardboards, nobody gives a damn
I don’t know.. even with this karma thing, why should I help everybody, my life is s**t man. I’m like f**k it I’m used to it.
⁃ But at least my kids won’t have to suffer like I did
Can you share something about the decision you just made today?
(With a broken voice answering)
“I mean, I wouldn’t let him down (pointing at Max)
I haven’t thought about what anybody says or thinks until now”
