"But what," badgers a relentless voice, "exactly are you doing out here? What are you accomplishing? What are you getting out of it? And what, oh especially what are you going to do with your life?"

The voice usually stops me. Knocks me down, kicks sand in my face. But this time, finally, I tell the voice to shut up. It's a stupid question, what are you going to do with your life. Setting out to do something with your life is like sitting down to eat a moose. Nobody ever did anything succussfully with their life. Instead they did something with their day. Each day.

Sunrise is birth. Sleep is death. Each day is your life.

Let the moose run. Eat some blueberries.
- Douglas Wood

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Journey has begun

Well I made it to Uppsala, Sweden where I was met by the infamous Kelly Toots.

The trip was quite ineventful physically, however emotionally it was quite rivetting. I was really nervous as I left Seattle for Iceland. I was nervous as to how this trip was going to affect me. I flew over the Okanagan on my way to Reykjavik, and my heart just sank, realizing that I was not going to see my home for a long time. By the time I made it to Reykjavik, I fully realized that this trip is going to be as much of a spiritual journey as it is anything else. I am hoping that this will give me that tangible experience that I have been longing for. However, I think it will take many miracles for me to keep my focus on this.

I hope and pray that God will be faithful and keep me faithful.

On another note. I have really enjoyed what I have seen of Sweden so far. Uppsala is an old university town and it is full of students riding bikes. The European architecture and design feels so warm, inviting, wise and intimidating all at once.

Kelly is going to show me more around today, then we will hopefully fix up the bikes a bit more so that we have transportation to Finland! I was forced to stay awake until a decent hour last night, so my jet lag is not bad at all. Thank goodness.

Peace out world,

Kyle

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