pretend with me for a while...
your phone rings.
you: hello?
them: hi.
you: how are you?
them: fine.
you: who is this?
them: you don't know me.
you: i guess not, but that's ok.
them: tell me about yourself.
you: well, i'm living in paris.
them: ooooo, jealous! drink lots of good wine and have so much fun.
your phone rings.
you: hello?
them: hi.
you: how are you?
them: fine.
you: who is this?
them: you don't know me.
you: i guess not, but that's ok.
them: tell me about yourself.
you: well, i'm living in africa.
them: wow, good for you! i'm glad you're out making a difference in the world.
i don't have any further thoughts on the matter. i don't have any analysis to bring it full circle. i don't know what i think. i'm still trying to analyze.
i can't even quite figure out why i can't get it out of my head. i'm not in europe. i'm in africa. and? i'm in uganda. so what. there are about 31,195,754 of us here. what do you have to say about it?
you're out making a difference in the world.
you're out making a difference in the world.
you're out making a difference in the world.
you're out making a difference in the world.
you're out making a difference in the world.
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So what if it doesn't look like what you think it's supposed to? You/we are here and that makes a difference...
"forgetting ourselves on purpose: vocation and the ethics of ambition," by mahan, brian.
give a shot. report back here.
micah
now, pretend with ME.
your phone rings
you: hello?
me: I fREAKING LOVE YOUUU BAAAA YOUR ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE AND WE CAN HAVE REAL LIFE CONVERSATION ABOUT DREAMS AND FAILURES AND WHEAT GERM AND BOYS AND BOOKS.
oohhh crapbucket. thats just pretend :(
I second that of Liz, except for the wheat germ, because frankly I don't know what she is talking about :). I love you Annie and am certainly in the same mode of figuring out a sense of place- I think we all are in a way. Thinking of you often! Love love.
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