When we went to Chiang Mai two weekends ago, we met two Canadians. We were sharing an open-air taxi for the drive up to an elephant 'home' in the mountains (See: http://lifeofathaiheel.blogspot.com/2013/01/lions-and-tigers-and-bears.html). These open-air taxis are basically just pick up trucks with a couple benches attached to the bed of the truck and a roof overtop.
We had about an hour and a half on the drive up to the elephants with the Canadians - and we somehow started talking about buddhism (may have been because we likely passed one of the 40,717 temples in Thailand - as of Dec 2004 and according to wikipedia).
It was really interesting hearing their perspective on the religion. One of the guys said that one thing he has learned in his travels throughout Asia is to learn to truly be present in the present. Enjoy the 'space' you're in and the 'space' around you. Control your anxiety about the future. Be thankful for where you are - and what you can achieve starting from where you are today.
In the spirit of truly being 'present' in the present, some things that I am JUST lovin' right now:
We had about an hour and a half on the drive up to the elephants with the Canadians - and we somehow started talking about buddhism (may have been because we likely passed one of the 40,717 temples in Thailand - as of Dec 2004 and according to wikipedia).
It was really interesting hearing their perspective on the religion. One of the guys said that one thing he has learned in his travels throughout Asia is to learn to truly be present in the present. Enjoy the 'space' you're in and the 'space' around you. Control your anxiety about the future. Be thankful for where you are - and what you can achieve starting from where you are today.
In the spirit of truly being 'present' in the present, some things that I am JUST lovin' right now:
- Being grown up enough so that I could have ice cream in a cone AND a smoothie for dinner tonight -without anyone telling me to eat my vegetables
- Finding a new and incredible grocery store in Bangkok
- Pimpan. She's a Thai student in one of my classes. She's just so trendy and gives great recommendations
- Absolutely dripping sweat after a 2 hour Muay Thai fighting class (it was outdoors - and it was 90 degrees outside when the class started and just the warm up included 5 straight minutes of jump rope). The class was Pimpan's finding!
- Peanut butter. Did George Washington Carver invent peanut butter as part of his hundreds of peanut inventions? If so, why is there not a national holiday for him?
- Traveling with amazing people
- Texting with friends and family at home over the iPad. I miss you and love you!!
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