Today I share a brief history of my generosity and what it looks like to me today. I got a few out loud laughs from Susan, hopefully you enjoy it as much.
In The End
This week's post is kind of long and heavy, but it builds off of last week's differences in healthcare and adds in some differences in end-of-life care. Read through to the end for my exciting "New Feature", and I managed to upload some photos from a bicycling excursion Susan and I recently took.
Half a World Away
Half a World Away, healthcare and life look a lot different, there are a still a lot of similarities though. Today I discuss a recent visit to the hospital and visiting a very ill man.
I will warn you now that this is a long post that gets somewhat technical. I have struggled with it for over a week as I tried to decide how to approach it. The organization, decisions about content, and analysis all continue to frustrate me, but I thought it important to share.
The Lighter Side
A lighter post highlighting some of the things I love about Thailand so far and brief look into how we are living and what is occupying our time.
Community in America
Being all of 13 days removed from America, reflections on my current community, changing community, and our first "community night" have stimulated some thoughts about the decay of some aspects of community in America.
Changing Community
My apologies for the delay, but we have been a little caught-up in transition. I even hoped to have all 4 tenets covered before arriving in Thailand, but maybe the delay has provided more insight. Here are my thoughts on our changing of communities...
just love
Today I'm talking about judgment, love, and caring across a few different environments. An attempt to understand and hopefully shed some personal baggage in final preparation for our flight on Saturday!
Toward Simplicity
As our departure date looms ever closer, a brief look at some ideas and concerns related to simplicity, solidarity, and technology.
On Social Justice
Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSV) is grounded in 4 tenets; social justice, simplicity, spirituality, and community. As we prepared our application for GSV in January, we spent time reflecting on each of the tenets and what they meant to us. I have been thinking it would be a good idea to spend some time reflecting on the tenets again in preparation for the commencement of our journey. I guess this is part 1.
Read on to here more about my thoughts on my growing role with regard to social justice, my thoughts on social justice in America, and what I think social justice may look like in Thailand.
Gratitude
After a surprise vacation for my dad, and a couple major car accidents, I spend some time reflecting.
I try not to take many things in my life for granted, but inevitably I do. How can we be thankful for all that we have, all of the time? It's just impossible.
The Beginning
Wow, the first blog post, which is happening while on my first Megabus ride. I am not sure that I thought blogging would ever be something I did, and I feel pretty ambivalent about it. I have no idea what I expect it to be, or what it will actually be. I also consider myself naive, or at best a novice, when it comes to blogging and almost all of the topics I will be writing about: Thailand, Buddhism, social justice, spirituality, volunteering, and myself. I did, however, create a website for this purpose, so I better use it.