grace.kindness.peace.disruption.pain.processing.rinse.repeat.have a nice day.

Sitting at the coffee house of my dreams (literally the one I daydreamed about as a refuge of solitude and privacy during my first two months), a mosquito flew in front of my face. Innately I made every effort to remove it from the land of the living. As my hands came together in a failing attempt, the following thought went through my mind, "oh wait, this one can't kill me." I left it to frolic.

I heard a commercial today that sympathized with customers of an electric company by saying, "The only time you think about electricity is when the power goes out. Then, every minute seems like an eternity." I thought, he is right; and an eternity can sometimes last up to three or four weeks, if not longer!

These are just a few of the many thoughts running through my mind as I gain perspective on how my perspective has changed. Gratitude, awe, humility, judgment, indignation, joy, peace, uneasiness, unsettled, foreign, familiarity – these have been feelings cycling through me. The last couple days have been rich.