footprints

sometimes i feel like this summer is slipping away too quickly, but in slow motion. i’m trying to stay motivated about applying to seminary. even though i’ve been think about photo journalism… weird, i know, and maybe not possible, wait, anything is possible. i guess that best sums up the way i feel right now. which is making the inevitable and concrete plans i have seem scary. i’m not talking about city year. i’m crazy excited about city year. i just think about all my possibilities. and i’m not scared that i’ll have to pick and choose and not fulfill some of my dreams, but rather, i’m exited that i can do it all. i hope it lasts J leaving is only hard because there are going to be some people that i’ll miss, A LOT. but i know that i want my life to take me to a multitude of places and through a wide variety of experience. and the fact that the people i meet and love in each of those places and the people i grow with through all of those experiences will be my souvenirs, the evidence and memory of what i did and all the good and good times that came out of it. i’ll stay in touch with them, i WILL stay in touch with the ones that change me and they’ll remind me of who i am. of everything that makes up the complicated pattern of my soul, my existence. they will be the proof all over the country (and hopefully, the world) that i exist.

numero uno

hola mis amigos!

The initial motivation for creating this blog is the fact that I'm going to San Antonio Texas in August to do an AmeriCorp program called City Year. And of course blogs are the most efficient way to keep everyone informed. I've thought about starting blogs in the past, but always to no avail. This one WILL be different. It has to be. Failure is not an option.

I wanted to attempt to describe what this blog will be for me, so you'll know what to expect if you decide to check it out. All I can come up with is expect the unexpected. I've never been able to find a label or a box to push and squeeze myself into. Hopefully, one day soon, no one will be able to. I'm on a constant road of self-discovery so I apologize for the randomness, but I hope you'll find it an eye-opening ride. I do expect a multitude of posts and comments. I thrive on feedback so please please share your thoughts. I could go into all the meanings behind the title. Of course there has to be multiple complex, insightful, inspirational meanings. The ambition is that they will all decide to reveal themselves in due time. The one insight I do want to leave you with is a wonderful mantra from an even more wonderful world changer "light up the darkness."