Reflections – The 10th of 12

Imagine a pool filled with fish, and imagine that every time you reached in to take a fish from the pool all of the fish latched onto your fish, not because they want to save that fish from being caught, but because they all want to be caught. The weight of all the fish together is too much, and you can’t get just one fish at a time, so you can never get a fish from the pool. The best way to catch a fish, I think, is to just dive in and start eating.

I noticed tonight that not only have I severely neglected this webpage project for the better part of 5 months, I haven’t written ANYTHING since February. Now I’m trying to catch single thoughts and feelings from such a jam-packed pool of experiences that getting a single, clear idea alone for long enough to process it and write something about has become quite difficult. Time to dive in and start eating.

I might as well start by outlining the picture and leave the coloring and details for another day. I can confidently say that this trip has been decidedly more good than bad, and in no way do I regret taking this detour. I am, however, anxious to go home and to see at what point and in which direction I resume my life. I can’t help but think of my time in Korea as anything but a detour. Whatever road connects my past to my future doesn’t pass through where I am now. I’ve had to get off the main road to get here, but the places I’ve seen, the people I’ve met, and the experiences I’ve had are worth every minute of time I might have lost.