Friday, September 3, 2010

Day 246

I am always a little grumpy when I am in the Tri-Cities. It's a place I used to live. I never felt that me and this place were suited for each other. It's a community that seems to be based on a consumer mentality. Progress is valued over tradition. The pace is faster than I care for. I am generally ready to go home as soon as I get here.

My grumpiness last night was compounded by sleeplessness. I was up by 4:00 a.m. and decided to go to a coffee shop to grade papers on my laptop. I stepped out of my mother-in-laws house and my eyes were immediately drawn to the pre-dawn desert sky. It was clear and the stars shone magnificently. It was breathtaking - a reminder that there is no place or circumstance that is without beauty. Everything in the universe is pierced by the divine.

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