THE NARRATIVE ARC

I Befriended a Venomous Viper in a Mayan Cave

How being a practicing Buddhist helped me conquer an old fear while living in the Yucatan

Standing on a secluded Caribbean beach in front of my Mayan cave — Photo by Gentry Bronson

It was dawn on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula, and I looked out over the Caribbean in front of me. The sun was rising as the full moon was setting. Those two magnificent…