but I'm going to give you anyway:
"Learn to like what doesn’t cost much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.
Learn to like people, even though some of them may be different…different from you.
Learn to like to work and enjoy the satisfaction doing your job as well as it can be done.
Learn to like the song of birds, the companionship of dogs.
Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.
Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.
Learn to keep your wants simple and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others."
-Lowell C. Bennion
That last line. I keep reading it over and over again.
I'm gritting my teeth and waiting. I'm so excited to get back to Asia. I've found patience in routine. I'm focusing on keeping my anxieties under wrap. I've never been so thrilled and nervous to do anything in my life.
It's also downright blissful that I will be reunited with two great friends. In Nepal. And then I get to venture with one of them to Thailand. Do you know how good that first drink is going to taste from my hammock, knowing good and well the thousands of meters I hiked just a few days prior?
Yep. Damn good.
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