Blogrimage Day 1

6 months ago I moved to South Korea to teach English. I moved here with great ideas, plans, dreams and hopes for what I might see and experience. When I left I told everyone to watch for my blog. I wanted to share this life and experience with people I cared about and would (do) miss. But 6 months later I sit here, finally typing my FIRST blog. It's not that I didn't start to write. Oh no, on the contrary. MANY times I stopped to sit and write, but nothing came to my mind. I've discovered this little thing about me. I have a desire to share my experiences with people, but when I attempt to write them, I get lost in the thoughts and revelations and am so marveled, I lose all desire to TYPE! Well, that ends now.

I'm the kind of person that needs motivation to do things. So when Pradeepan told me he was starting a "blogrimage" to blog about something everyday for 30 days I knew I needed to be involved (much as I always resist such impulses of relative foolishness, living in a foreign country with the man makes some of his tendencies . . . catching). If I miss a day, okay. If I write two blogs one day and nothing the next three, that's fine too (I know you won't agree Pradeepan - sorry). For me, I need the push to just do it and get into the habit. I don't know that anyone will read this blog, which is fine. I'm not writing this for anyone but me. I have a tendency to internalize too much. A friend once told me I have great thoughts and ideas that the world needs to hear but I selfishly keep them to myself. He told me I'm doing the world a disservice. I don't know how true that is; I'll let you be the judge.

So with that, I start this 30-day blog, devoted to glimpses of beauty. For the next 30 days I will share the glimpses of beauty I see in my life, currently in Korea. Whether it's the woman who walks by, the beggar on the street, the students in my classes, the land itself, the conversations I have or just the random thoughts that spark in my crazy mind . . . for 30 days I will choose to look at the world around me through a different lens. It's going to be a journey! If you choose to follow, please do! Comment on my thoughts, share your own. I'm called to a life of purpose and I refuse to live for anything less.