Know Thyself

Lately I've been having moments of extreme clarity. When I say "clarity," I mean that moment when you're stuck in gridlock, bumper-to-bumper traffic and you suddenly think about something and it makes perfect sense. While some people despise the stop-start nature of Calgary traffic, lately I've been having some of my best meditation in my car as I wait for the traffic to move along.

Some of the things I've come to realize are:

1. India fascinates me. I used to be afraid of it's foreign spirituality, but now I think I'm ready to walk in the foothills of the Himilayas and wade in the Ganges. I would like to watch Yogi's meditate, and I would like to surf in the Indian Ocean.
   
2. I am afraid of Africa. I want to experience it, but I fear what I will find when I'm there. Will I be able to live with this knowledge hereafter?
3. I think I could be a fascilitator of learning for the rest of my life. I like teaching English so much that I wonder what it would be like to teach Social Studies again.
4. I want to take my students on a field trip to a place that will blow their minds. They need to experience the world.
   
5. If I want to take my students on a field trip that will blow their minds, I should start the legal paperwork now and than maybe it might happen in ten years.
6. I think "Life of Pi" means more to me now then when I read it the first time.
7. I will never give another person "the" finger for driving in an inappropriate manner. I realize after watching this scene play out from a neutral perspective that an action like this does not solve anything.
8. I have so much to learn about adolescence.
9. I have so much to learn about adulthood.
10. I'm not ready to have children of my own.
11. I know that there are some spots out there that we're bound to meet up at.