rejuvenation

Home has been rejuvenating. It is bittersweet, to be sure--I get to see my friends once, twice if I'm lucky, and I'm reminded of how wonderful it would be if I could see them more often, see them regularly, feel like we have all the time in the world to hang out, because nobody's going anywhere. But it is also inspiring. I have had conversations with people that have enlarged my perspective on relationships (as I may be entering into one myself) and have given me a renewed sense of purpose and a renewed sense of hope that we might be able to shift the primary aim of human culture to one of fulfillment, if we work together and come to embrace the realization of this shift as our calling--as a necessity. It will take some effort, I think, to be sure that the rejuvenation sustains when I return to C-U, but I can do it, with help from my friends here, my friends there, my friends around the country, and friends yet to be met.

I am ready to stand for something.