"Here one's life and experiences are so intense; one does not belong, one is part of the landscape: The unhurried is easily accepted. In Europe i couldn't wait to see you again. I was so impatient and edgy. But in Nepal as each day passed I became more relaxed. I just kept going and going, looking at everything and drinking it all in. I have talked with the people and drunk tea in their houses. In tengpoche we stayed an extra day simply because it was so beautiful. It was suddenly not so important whether i met you today or tomorrow, and so perhaps my joy in finding you is more than those heady days in Europe."
Uschi Messner
I think that's right. I found it scrawled on a bit of paper on my floor. I am back from my travels now and I'm ready to rejoin the world. That is, i am ready to fill my own space again.
Why is he reaching forward when the oar is angled backward? Maybe because i made it up. Just like the french i was dreaming the other day that was probably grammatically very incorrect.
Over the winter, every morning the girl that lives in the house by the mountain feeds the starving crows with scraps from the table. One Day they don't come down to take the food. Instead they start to fly away. So she follows. Holding up her scraps and whistling. She follows them so far that she can barely see where she came from. Then finally she stops. And they stop too.
