Bezpečné jízdy na vás ... nashledanou Praha

This was a bittersweet moment for all of us this week. 25 came and many terrific friendships were formed. As I am packing up and preparing for my next journey, as others are as well, I have to say this was the best part of Prague...right here in this classroom. I thought about how we all are going to have such incredible adventures all over the world.
We toasted our to our futures in teaching around the world. What started over a year ago, with my first tentative steps in South Korea, to bring me here to Prague...made me realize there is a lot to going with the flow and not fighting the currents. You tend to struggle more by swimming against the tide and fighting your nature. There is a reason why I am drawn to teaching. For all the lessons I have learned, I learned the most from these bright and talented people...so full of life and adventure.

To dance...and just say YES...instead of no to your dreams. DREAM BIGGER and go in the direction of your dreams. You are the only one who holds yourself back.

Good bye Prague...and stay in touch.

Religious Relic of St Vitus Cathedral

I like to be more timely in my posts, however, getting adjusted and settling into Prague, in combination with the obligations I have signed on for here have been challenging at times. Like trying to understand how and why things are done the way they are done has been at times somewhat amusing. The real world events of the Haitian earthquake has also dampened my enthusiasm for sharing my side ventures...which seem pathetic at this time. Human suffering never seems to stop for a moment. So many tell us to pray, but to what? So it kind of seemed appropriate that I happened to see St Vitus Cathedral in Prague. It seems like an artifact of the darkness I now associate with religion. Religion likes to blame things on perceived sins. Was it sin that causes children to die from the mounds of earth that shifted in an area that had not known an earthquake in over 200 years??? Do we need to blame something or someone for tragedy? So as I looked as this rendition of the ark of the covenant, I realized the full symbology of how this symbol was to protect and strengthen all of those who would battle in the name of a god, as long as this ark was before the warring army, giving false courage to those who would raise their weapons against others. Well, my thoughts on war have been long abandoned, but I still ponder how people are manipulated through many means. It usually is in the most malicious ways, using those things we love and cherish to serve their ambitions. It is at those points, we are so much like sheep.

Still, I found signs of Paris in Prague. In a cafe, the Eiffel looked at me. Through the snow excreting skies, I saw the tip of the replica calling me.
I still am beginning my journey to discover this city, this jewel that has just started to taste freedom again. Just a beautiful journey. I realize that more and more each day.