DECEMBER 21, 2012
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| Trail run in The Arb, Ann Arbor, MI |
Predicted end of the world.
Winter solstice. First snow fall
of the year. Friday night in Ann Arbor.
You knew this one was going to be good.
The snow finally came down last night. Not that I’m an advocate for winter by any
means. But if it is going to be cold at
Christmastime, at least give me a little dusting of the white stuff.
If the world was truly going to end tonight, spending it
with my friend Sari seemed like the logical bet for companionship to watch it
all go down.
Sari is living proof that you can manifest anything. She is the type of spirit who bring light any
situation. Every conversation with her
leaves me energized about life. While
the rest of my friends and family remain mildly interested in my travels,
expressing general bewilderment, Sari was quick to answer the “what are you up
to?” question on my behalf with, “He’s living the dream!!!” That’s why I love her.
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| Proof she's an angel. Look at that halo. |
Back to the whole manifestation thing. Several years ago, following less than a year
of college Spanish classes, Sari became fluent in the language. Not only fluent in a mechanics sense
either. She lived it. She embraced it. South American culture became a
fascination. Not in the way some college
kids embrace Jamaican culture because they smoke too much pot or how others
become Anglophiles because they mistakenly believe The Beatles were God’s gift
to music. For Sari, the fascination
immediately took on a more mission-driven purpose. In fact, she has since traveled there for
mission work and made amazing connections including the love of her life. How sweet is that?
With only six days until my trip to Sri Lanka (then India
and maybe Nepal) I was drawn into a Himalayan themed store in Ann Arbor. I met an actual Sherpa there! I had heard many of them had been leaving
their native land and relocating to the U.S., but Ann Arbor? We spoke about accommodations in Kathmandu
and options for non-technical climbing to 20,000 feet.
And I bought these Elmo mittens.
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| Which are awesome. |
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