Home

For the past week I've had no cell phone reception, no text messaging, no credit card transactions, no facebook status updates, no car, no electronic toothbrush, and minimal internet access. I've never felt more alive. Words cannot describe the feeling of wholeness and peace that now envelops me. I only hope I can retain it.

I am forever changed. I am more myself than I have been in a long time, maybe ever. I feel connected to life, to humanity in a tangible way. I was getting some food during my layover in the Atlanta airport today, and, without even thinking about it, I practically sat down at a table with a complete stranger and started a conversation, as if it were an entirely common thing to do. This is the kind of openness that has grown in me over the last week. I've learned that all we silly humans (or maybe it's just me...) really need to live a joyful life is food, shelter, genuine human connection, and a meaningful goal or three. It is a wonder that we can be so advanced in so many ways and still so poverty stricken with basic matters of the soul, of living a life of wonder, imagination, and significance. I feel so intensely drawn to go on the upcoming clown trip to Costa Rica (not Peru). If I can figure out how to pay for it, I am going to go. This work is just too rich to miss.

It is of course wonderful to be home, and there are many things here I've been missing and looking forward to. My whole view of my current life here in Boulder is suddenly reframed in a strange and beautiful way. I am curious to see how I reorient over the next few days. This concludes coverage of my journey to Gesundheit.