Energy

Well. I will be home this weekend. Not really sure how I feel about that. Excited, a little worried, a little bit that I am going to miss this place, relieved, dunno, a lot. Still have the packing and cleaning to do before I get out of here. A couple of days of class. I think I am going to reserve a summative entry for when I am home. Other than to say wow. Its incredible to think that I have been here for three months, it seems like so much longer and shorter than that. I have done so much and yet there is so much left to do.

I just got back from doing a little Christmas shopping in the city. I really do like London. It's a nice town. I felt good, alive, content. It was the bustle, the energy of a big city, I needed it. It's all lit up for the holidays, and everyone is in a relatively happy mood. I appreciate it.

It has not been by any stretch an easy semester, but that was not my expectation. I am glad it is wrapping up, but I do not regret a minute of it.



To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a little better;
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is the meaning of success.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson-