Reflection 2012

This was the year I found the definition of my own humanity. It was the year I loved strangers, in spite of language barriers. The year I made friends with a stranger on a bus, in a city I have called my own. The year I hiked four hours and be awed by the beauty of Atitlan before me. The year I laid on the cold concrete sports court which drained sweat and tears under highland suns....to watch the infinite stars and felt tiny.

And I found home in a country so far from home.
& I realized that home is in many people, and many places I've sown my heart into.

This was the year I gave my heart completely to love.
To the people in Guatemala, to my activism, to resistance for Gaza, to poetry, to those around me...

This was the year I understood love.
Love has many names, and many meaning. It has many faces...it is a part of remembrance and it exists in the present. The year I experienced love, felt it on my fingertips and breathed it as I felt my heart broken by reverse-culture shock.

& this was the year I realized his heart is my sanctuary, for he has always been beside me.

I have but 5 hopes for 2013

1. that I continue to seek His guidance
2. that I continue being among the ones I love
3. that it be a year I pursue my passion
4. that continue to seek knowledge and engage in meaningful reflection
5. that I overcome my struggles with faith, humility and acceptance