Today is my six month India anniversary! I've been writing a lot about the country, because I'm sure that's what you're interested in, but I should also mention that this has been a very spiritual experience for me. I don't know how much of what I've learnt and felt I can retain when I return to Canada, but hopefully I'll be able to take some of this home.
First of all when you write a book about the purpose of life, you're bound to figure out what that is. As it states in the book there are really two parts to the purpose of life, a sort of general framework that can be applied to all human beings, and then each individual's personal expression of that purpose. I won't say I know what my personal purpose in life is, but my ideas are solidifying.
Also, those who know me informally probably know that I've had a big thing for Pepsi and pop in general for about as long as I can remember. I even have a Pepsi t-shirt back in Canada. Well now it's been two months and twenty days since I've had a carbonated beverage and I don't even want one anymore. I fully acknowledge the supremacy of water. There are a lot of factors that made me quit, kindling that's been piling up for a lot of years, and I have to thank Sohayl for being a part of that. However to certain people who said I was 'addicted' to it, I must point out that I stopped drinking it cold turkey, and there were no sweaty withdrawl symptoms. I'd call it less of an addiction and more of an obsession.
Anyways, we'll continue with your regular scheduled program, "Snapshot of India" in the next post.
3 comments:
Congratulations on your anniversary!. It is very significant. As you are near your 19th birthday, you have spent 2.6% of your entire life in India. Thats almost 3 out of every 100 days. And because of this blog, you have taken all of us a little of the way with you. Thanks.
WHYYY LUA WHYYYY Pepsi has shown you so much love in the past, how could you just leave them like that!!! I expect for you to not continue your cold turkey strike against Pepsi when you return to the land of carbonation. If necessary I'll force you to drink our old friend again.
Congratulations on the 6th month mark by the way! With this blog you've managed to make the time fly by. And I've really enjoyed it.
ありがとう
Ian, you mustn't think of it in the sense of me abandoning an old friend. Think of it in the sense of warrior-monks. If I were an enlightened warrior monk, like a Jedi, or a martial arts master in ancienct Asia, do you think I would drink Pepsi? Of course not! I would drink nothing but water from the cold mountain streams and soothing tea.
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