Post-Holiday Thoughts

Over these past few days, I've been feeling some post-holiday blues, and a bit overwhelmed with projects for the new semester. It's at moments like these (especially when I'm away from loved ones) that I allow myself to step back, and to be grateful for the experiences I've had, and the lessons learned from them.

Sometimes, in trying to find some resolution or closure, it's tempting to look around and find someone to blame, or to begin to feel guilty for choosing one direction and not the other. But I believe that there is a reason for every circumstance. A reason whose origin sometimes extends beyond our plane of comprehension. And we can only look to this with acceptance and an open heart.

(The photo on the right shows a lake scene behind Marketta and Klaus's house, near Pori.)