Humility

Hi,

 

The weather in Chiang Rai is still cold, at least by our understanding of the word.  Most people we encountered today felt the same way.  We just dress in layers and keep on going.

The ‘Easy Monday’ one hit wonder (OHW) was identified by three readers.  Here’s more:  “Some day, yeah, we’ll get it together and we’ll get it all done.  Some day when your head is much lighter.  Some day, yeah, we’ll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun.  Some day when the world is much brighter.  __-__ __, things are gonna be easier, __-__ __, things'll get brighter…”  Clue:  It’s by a group that was a family affair, named for the graduation in height when standing together.  There is a term in the title for a young person.

We began our day at The Wanderer, with the usual (coffee and roti), minus JaiDee.  Our weekly call with Joe, Lisa’s dad, was made in the woods (555).  After our Skype call, we had a long conversation with Kwan, recapping the party and discussing our dogs.   

This afternoon Atom came over for a visit.  She and Lisa didn’t get a chance to visit at the party, and she hadn’t seen JaiDee since before our trip.  We had a very nice visit, also recapping the party and identifying guests she didn’t know.  One interesting thing we talked about was medical care in Thailand.  Atom has lived in the States, New Zealand, Japan and China and had opportunities to experience the state of medical care in all places.  We all agreed that we like the style of most of the doctors here, and the ability to get the service you need without a lot of red tape and long waits.  There are drugs that can be bought ‘over the counter’ here that might take a doctor’s appointment with a two week wait in other places.  There are obvious flaws in a system like this, but if you’re doing right and need some medicine, it works great.  

Today is Nitchanan’s 4th birthday.  As I type, there’s a party going on downstairs on the patio.  It’s close family, which means several aunts and cousins.  Natcha made cakes and cupcakes and the potluck table was full.  Nitchanan led the ‘Happy Birthday’ song in case anyone didn’t know what was suppose to happen.  

Meanwhile, upstairs at the Big Brown House, JaiDee received ‘Bed privileges' this morning.  I was the one to cave in and let him hang out with us.  My thinking was that maybe he’d want to sleep in the room with us if he felt like part of the gang.  Right now, he prefers to sleep in the kitchen.  We’d like to have the puppy with us.  This morning he was so happy to be on the bed, until he started pulling on the covers and digging.  That got him thrown off for a few minutes.  Someone’s going to learn a lesson in all of this (555).

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                     Peace,

                               Danny

“Humility is the solid foundation

of all virtues.”

~Confucius