the unbearable lightness of being

"Is this your first time in India?"

"Yes. Do you think we'll be alright?"

"It's going to be extraordinary."


It's times like this, as I test and buy beds from Ikea and put down payments on an apartment and search for a solid, long lasting bookcase, all items that one day will hold considerable weight in my life, that clearly are already extremely meaningful in a way that I can't quite understand, that the unbearable lightness of being is simply unbearable and I can't help but lament that I have put money down on an apartment and a bed and a bookcase.
And not a ticket back to India or some other wonderfully indescribable and exciting place.

"In India, we have a saying. Everything will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end."

Life in a Day

What's your story?
What's in your pockets?
What do you fear the most?

3 questions, 4,500 hours of video footage, 192 nations, 1 day - July 24, 2010
An insightful, moving compilation of Youtube videos and footage obtained through cameras given to those in developing countries to "represent the whole world," Life in a Day revealed the world in all her many colors - concepts of war and of beauty, of fear and pure joy, of sadness and light, of greed and humility, of strength.
In short, 94 short minutes documenting this wonderful world through the eyes of her amazing people.

That said, it prompted me to figure out what I was doing on July 24th, 2010.
It was the first Saturday after the World Cup, and I was participating in field school in Gozo. It was nearing the end of the program and to remember the time spent in Gozo, my friend got this memento:

One year later, July 24th, 2011, I took this picture in Durham, NC where I was participating in the American Dance Festival. It had been a sad summer, and I was packing to go home - it was the only picture of the day:

With a day being the building blocks of our lives, its important to take each day seriously, but not too seriously, and recently a friend, who leads a notoriously non-stop lifestyle, said  "Seize the day my friends, because time only leaves dry bones and tombstones."

It's amazing what can happen in just one day.