Second Post:
The above picture is when we were releasing the lanterns and
the fish at the river. As a group this
was one of my favorite moments, I felt like we really all had known each other
for a long time.
Early this morning I woke up thinking about how tired I was
from my day of fun activities. We were
going to offer the food to the monks today.
The bus ride was short as Kim explained the whole process and my heart
was beating furiously because I had never done this. What if I did it wrong? Kim was so kind to give us bags, flowers, and
alms that her staff prepared to give to the monks so they could eat. I thought that after a couple of days of
being here in Chang Mai I had really started to feel the relaxed culture. This was for sure my moment of “wow” that
people talk about. The way that the
monks didn’t treat us differently or shy away because we weren’t Thai people
was so welcoming. It also was just a
grounding experience for myself, my thoughts and worries just seemed to be
wiped away and I just thought about the experience that I was in at the
moment. Thinking about how the monks
were blessing me and about how blessed I was.
Looking back on this, it was my moment.
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