“Changing the way you do routine things allows a new person to grow inside you.” —The Pilgrimage

I hope when I lay my head down tonight it won’t feel as if I’ve never left. I won’t be stingy hoping to remember all the people met, food tasted, sites, sounds, scenes, and the history, oh my the history! Rather, I just hope to keep the dull tickling feeling inside of me, there to remind me that I have changed—a bit wiser and hopefully a bit more humble. —me, 2005