As of today I have been in Thailand for a month. Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but today was the first day of Unit One. Nothing exciting happened. I attended a couple of lectures and had a group discussion over readings. Despite this, I'm glad to finally get the ball rolling on this semester. The last three weeks have been filled with rehearsing and practicing skills we'll be utilizing throughout the next 3 months. It's nice to know opening night has finally arrived.
When I'm not in class, I've been involved in some deep introspection.
Recently I was talking to a good friend and she asked me why I'm so crazy about Kansas. By chance I was born there and since my freshman year of college, I've moved beyond Kansas. So why is it still something I define myself with? My response was because Kansas is my life. Sure, my international travel is for selfish reasons but it's also for Kansas. In my travels I'm hoping to experience the good and bad from various angles. My ultimate goal is to take the knowledge from a lifetime of travel and use those lessons to make Kansas better. Kansas is never far from my mind because everything I do, is for the sake of building a better Kansas. But I am not Kansas and Kansas is not me. In the last 4 years, I've failed to spend more than 7 consecutive weeks there. Which brings me back to my friend's question, Why is it still something I define myself with?
It's been a couple of days and I have yet to adequately answer that question but I am enjoying the journey to find it.
Continuing to engage in adventures . . .
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