What a Difference a Year Makes

I am, as always, getting behind in blog posts - it's just too hard at times to both live life and accurately record it - but I cannot let a day like yesterday pass without at least trying to tell you a little about it.
Yesterday was, simultaneously, Childrens' Day in Korea and Cinco de Mayo in Mexico. Because of the former it was a holiday here but because of the later I cannot help but think how much things have changed for me in a single year.

2008: A year ago, as this blog itself shows, I was in Mexico itself, celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Humberto, Allain, and Remy in Guanajuato, the heart of Mexican independence.

2009: This year I was half a world away in Seoul, Korea playing frisbee, drinking soju, and eagerly anticipating 2000 won tacos by the Han river with new friends.

Forget, for just a minute, the worries of the world. Forget the wars, the famine, the strife. I know I am the luckiest man in the world, but try to see the world as I see it. As a place of infinite possibilities, a big, beautiful world full of sunshine and laughter.

I know I am lucky, so unbelievably lucky, but I wish everyone could see what I see.

PS Damnation, I am definitely getting more sentimental in my old age...