Twenty Questions

The First Evening

does life make me happy, or does it bring me down?
do i have what i need, or do i just want what's around?
how many countless lifeforms on a little ball that twirls?
water feeds the plants, and the sunshine makes them grow,
so how can anyone be an island on their own?

Feeling so incredibly refreshed, alive, lucky, happy, having come back from that hallowed ground, the forests of the Pacific Northwest. There is so much beauty in the world, so much more than my heart could ever possibly contain, so much, so much. So glad to have had dinner with Mike, what a perspective shift that involved... I hope that one day, someone completely randomly associated with me will call me for dinner, and they'll leave with the same sense of renewal and excitement about life that I left with that night. I hope that one day I'll have that kind of kindness and radiance beaming out of me. As the Russians say, vperyod!

Thank you for:
giving me anne and pat to come home to
giving me my father to make the trek with
giving me the ability to see the magic in the world
sharing with me that baobab tree


Are we intrinsically seperate beings, or could we possibly be parts of the same thing?

There is an entire world out there, there is an entire world out there, there is an entire world out there...


And the first night back, I love you c-town!