[08/18/2015]- Silver Lake, MI -
Today during our three day, 'before-China relaxer,' I asked my family to take me to the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Feeling contemplative, I climbed to the top of the dunes and looked up at the sky- I just sat there, and looked around myself- there were hikers, and teams of jeeps lining the hills. And, for one moment, I was stunned. It seems, that after all those long months I spent working in a day to day, butt-stuck-to-the-chair job, there was still a world out there. The wonders and the beauties of it were all-encompassing, and they were mine- I thought of going to China, and all of the things that I will soon leave behind. And in that moment, I thought, 'if I could have just one moment like this- once every week, or even monthly- then it's all worth it.' No matter what your religious beliefs, this is why we live. This ecstasy, and this pure joy . . . it makes it all worth it. No matter what pain I must visit, I can always come back . . . and I can remind myself why I live. This means everything.
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