India: Final Words Part II

Just to close the India chapter one more time. I want to make sure that folks know that one of the most amazing things about being there for 100 days was to realize that India is a country intense with people who are trying to do all that each of us does everyday - to live their lives the best way they can. It is a country full of difference, full of complexity and full of contradictions. And, in all of this it is beautiful.

Also, Mindy sent me this song a year before I got on the plane and I listened to it last week. It applies today, more than ever...the last sentence tells me that Alanis definitely did go to India to be inspired.

THANK YOU INDIA: By Alanis Morissette

How about getting off of these antibiotics
How about stopping eating when I'm filled up
How about them transparent dangling carrots
How about that ever elusive kudo

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

How about me not blaming you for everything
How about me enjoying the moment for once
How about how good it feels to finally forgive you
How about grieving it all one at a time

Thank you India
Thank you terror
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you frailty
Thank you consequence
Thank you thank you silence

The moment I let go of it was
The moment I got more than I could handle
The moment I jumped off of it was
The moment I touched down

How about no longer being masochistic
How about remembering your divinity
How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out
How about not equating death with stopping

Thank you India
Thank you providence
Thank you disillusionment
Thank you nothingness
Thank you clarity
Thank you thank you silence

Love to all. Next up - VIETNAM. REALLY!

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