The one where I begin to live

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It is amazing what the body can do when the MIND is able. As most of my readers know, I spent a year traveling and teaching in Gambia. I got back to the US last July, and I spent almost a year in culture shock, bordem, and depression. I thought life was boring if it wasn't spent overseas; useless, and a burden. I had days that I couldn't seem to find the strength or will to get out of bed, because I thought I sold my soul to corporate America. Caught in a tailspin of confusion and doubt, I decided to end the cycle with a brutal "fake it until you make it" policy. I vowed to keep my attitudes and my thoughts positive, even through the extremly hard times when all I wanted to do was curse and yell. I vowed to start doing things again that brought me to life. I vowed to start doing things that made me happy. I vowed to stop watching television and start living life. And what I've found, and am still starting to find, is is semblence of clarity, fullness, happiness, and days well spent. I've started to believe, that even in the most "dull" of suburban life, is a world of humor, intrique, and possibilities. It's all in how we look at them.

Quote of the post:

But if you wanna leave, take good care
I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware- Wild World (Cat Stevens)

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