Stepping foot onto foreign ground for the first time is an experience one will never forget. I'm amazed at the the sights I saw entering Bhutan. The Himalayas are greater than any National Geographic or Google image search or blog can ever provide. They expand further and higher than any persons eye could see. And yet surprisingly that is not what struck me most. The best way to describe Chris Pynch's experience today is to compare myself to a blind man. I've never seen foreign land. I've never even seen a car driving on the left side of the road. But today, I compare myself to one who had their literal eyesight given to them for the first time. With every step taken it was like my eyelids were lifted one millimeter at a time until I was fully enclosed in Bhutanese culture.
Words can't describe the feeling. I could literally, tangibly FEEL my life changing. Oh what a feeling! My worldviews, thoughts, visions, expectations changed in seconds and there was nothing in the world to help it. Riding in van right after we landed in Bhutan, I was like a dog sticking its head out the window, barking and marveling at the sights. My eyes were so wide for so long I literally ripped my contact from dryness.
I saw an entire people group, an entire culture with not a worry in the world. No time constraints, no stoplights and no traffic jams. Just devout monks and the common man alike, passing through as if the word "worry" meant less to them than a 401k does to me now. There's something to be said about happiness, and the Bhutanese people personify this perfectly.
Happy mothers day mom! I love you and miss you. Thanks for being who you are and leading me to where I am at this very second. Words can't explain, you know this.
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