Learning about Reality

2 days left.

A few things I've learned:
...Music breaks down so many barriers.
...Names are vital.
...Boys are so beautifully simple. They just want to know that someone will love them and cuddle with them, even though they are a simple, stupid, sometimes smelly boy.
...When it comes down to it, family is what counts. And they will be the ones to sustain you through hard, lonely times. They will be the ones to read your blog and send emails that make you cry and they will be the ones most anxious for you to come home. How grateful I am to have a family. And an amazing one at that.
...Sudha (the wisest woman I know) told me the other day, "It's good to travel at least once a year, because then you appreciate your bed more when you come home." I think "your bed" symbolizes a lot more than just a comfortable place to sleep. It's a comfortable lifestyle, social life, diet. Things that you know, that you love and that are familiar to you.
...If you will give real, serious time to God, he will fill that time with incredible teaching. He will give you specific answers and he will teach you truth. If you are open to it and if you put in the effort, your "soul will be enlarged." His promises and His blessings are real. This is not fiction and this is not myth and this is not some imagined fantasy. If we turn to Him in sincerity, He will fill us.