APW: Counting

1 deep breath
2 weeks into the 14^th Cohort of Tevel B’Tzedek
2 Shabbats celebrated (stories, alcohol, games, songs, resting!)
3 weeks into life in Nepal
3 Trips to the Swayambunath, the Monkey Temple (hundreds of monkeys around the house and temple)
10 Daal Bhat’s eaten
25 amazing people brought to live in a house together for a month and then to be dispersed in both urban and rural sites to assist in areas of sustainable development
49 Nepali's and one Matt crammed into a 17 seater microbus (no goats on this one)
100s of diverse species on the street for the festival Daisin, ranging from chickens, ducks, goats, cows, bikes, motorbikes, pedestrians and cars, with no separation of lanes
1000s of new sites, smells, sounds, shocks, horrors, beauties, tastes, experiences in Asia

Innumerable things to be grateful for, to name a few

family, friends of the present, friends of the past, freedoms, food diversity, past experiences, ability to travel, recent education and stimulation, communities I've been part of, people I've worked with, teachers, plants, the sun, breath, my feet

I could make a longer list of human rights violations, tendencies of corporations, failures of the government, inequalities across the globe, inequalities within a small town, energy wastes, military spending, purposefully unsustainable and harmful practices, media cover ups, ludicrous regulations that benefit the few and limit the rest 'in the name of democracy', and the like...

Instead I'll check how the bread is rising and fall asleep deeply after a long and wonderful day.