Monday, July 18, 2005

Other people

There are some things that it seems that "other people" always do, and that you live your life and don't give it much thought. Then today I realized that I have the privelage of being one of those "other people." I got to leave the life that I knew and move to a somewhat exotic place. If I want to take a walk on one of the most famous beaches in the world, I do. If I want to sit and listen to the ocean under the moonlight at 2:00 in the morning, I do.

My purpose here is not to brag or rub it into anyone's face, it's to show how much I appreciate how lucky I am to be free to do these things and to be, if only for a relatively short time, one of those "other people." I know that my time is almost up, and before too long I'm going to be back in the ranks of the workforce, living from paycheck to paycheck again.

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