So here I am again… might as well write as often as I can while I still can…bare with me I promise more exciting postings in the near future... and I WON'T forget the photos...
Well finally made it… I must admit my arms and neck are sore from pulling suitcases up and down and my knees are bruised from trying to command my suitcase into baggage compartments in buses and up staircases…
I am still excited and a bit apprehensive about the next few weeks and months, it all does not seem quite real … yet! It’s like knowing you are riding a roller coaster but seeing it from outside… the feelings are not quite as intense… as though a think glass were buffering any awareness of the being! Tomorrow is the first day at work and I feel like I am starting at a new school, it's a scary-good feeling...
After about a 7-hours flight I made it to Dubai. The airport was like a big shopping mall, but more like a turn off! I watched three and a half movies on the plane... more than I saw in London in 8 months!! Needless to say that I did not sleep, I can seldom sleep on planes… I waited for five more hours before I could get on the plane to Addis. I was in a wired tired state of mind, my head throbbing and I resisting somnolence...
During the months to come I will attempt to put my beliefs on hold, not that it will take me to the depths a metaphysical quest (I am no Descartes) but enough to satisfy my craving for understanding. Then again sometimes understanding only widens the array of variables.
Including more variables will inevitable affect the solving of the equation. And whether the range of answers will present us with a more precise set of solutions or vast series of them –all equally valid but requiring filtering- nobody can tell…
On the one had popular “wisdom” says that ignorance is bliss? But on the other hand there is an inherent responsibility to try to sharpen the image of reality so it can encompass more of its nuances… failing to do so would be a betrayal to ourselves… I think!
Where that came from I don’t know. I am tired and blabbering… I have been trying to go online all day and it is proving quite a challenge for my patience and I can be very patient and persevering ;-)
If is not the internet connection playing tricks is the electricity playing hide and seek… or my computer going kaputt on me. At this rate the next 8 months announce themselves to be long… but I don’t give up easily and I have been known to "swim against the current". Masochism? No, more like determination!
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