Setting off

Last post before I leave. Jeff just stopped by for last minute check in. Now if I can sleep tonight! So many friends and family phoned today sending me off in a cloak of caring. I have felt blessed all day. Tom just bought a beautiful camera for me to take. It has a powerful zoom and can video and record. Do you think I might record the chanting of the monks or the great horns and drums? We are bringing along a new video camera for the school which is a gift of the California group. And I am carrying letters and small gifts from many Maine people for the children.

I remember from sailing, how casting off was one of the most difficult tasks. How easy it would be to never leave the dock. You are never really ready. At some point you just let go the lines and then... it begins, the learning.