Five years ago I interviewed a friend of a friend who had just completed The World Race. You may have heard of it or known someone who has been on it… you know, 11 countries in 11 months. If you don’t know, google it. There’s a lot out there on it. I had been down to visit the founder and some of the directors of the program prior to that, but wanted to get a perspective of someone who didn’t work for Adventures in Missions (the organization who runs The Race). I was thankful for Samara’s transparent feedback. If you want to read that interview, click here….
This time we didn’t catch up over Skype, like the time before. We sat down in Chiang Mai for a face to face, and even though I knew Samara a little better over the time in between, this was my first time to meet her in person. I was thankful for the opportunity. Continue reading “Samara Marie…. 5 years later”
If my life is so unremarkable, why the idle chatter and incessant neediness? Are we attempting to be coddled in the ambiance of indifference, from the echoes of our own voice and those who sound just like us? Let’s all live down to the averages or below, and spew idle and persistent encouragement to our comrades in chains, snared in uselessness and blind wandering. Will we ever grow sick of ourselves? i hope so.
