I was listening to this today: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wnycheresthething/~3/8cc6_wLxGdE/.
And sometimes I read this: www.goop.com.
Yesterday, I learned how to make paella. Ate a family lunch. Took the longest siesta of my life. Skyped with my mom. Then, went to the hospital to see if Jose Luis' friend, whose wife given birth to their first child, wanted to go for a walk to get some fresh air. Marco had been born just two days prior. They welcomed me into their room to sit and talk, amidst the fetus-sized (seriously, so small) Marco- beautiful and delicate. With unapparent shame or an impalpable sentiment of an encroachment of privacy, I settled into good company with new acquaintances during the post-game recovery of one of the most important days of their lives...
Paella, rain, babies, SPAIN.
In the podcast, Andrew McCarthy--actor, director, travel writer--discusses what he has learned from traveling and his evolution of vulnerability as an actor into a solo traveller. Even he emphasizes the power of the question to open the doors into the hearts of humanity.
To each his own.
I like to eat, talk, and do. Practicing Spanish is a full-time job. My body is confused-- it rained for 5 days, then, is uncontrollably sunny for 2. I am always in a new place for undetermined periods of time, eating different food, wending through different terrains. But, what I already knew, that has been reaffirmed, to travel is to live in a place as a local. And that one trip, that one moment, when you are completely vulnerable develops into a blossoming new friendship that crosses all boundaries of who you used to be and who you are going to become.
Ask questions
Never say "no."
Always smile...and say "thank you," though it's very rarely received.
Because...
If only for today, seize it while it lasts.
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