Amelie who also believes in the grand design

I’m grateful:

to my friend who took time from her flourishing new relationship with a vegetarian to eat chicken tikka with me

to the lemon smoothie I drank at Kaldi that scalded my newly scaled teeth but stopped my jaw ache

to the ATM machines around Kathmandu that make it possible for me to pamper myself

To Amelie who males me feel so good…

to nature for all her beauty including me…

to my first sociology student who ultimately gracefully paid my early endeavor with a nice warm sweater

to god who listens all the time and who is kind enough to look after me and all those who I care about

to the grand design under which everything is related mysteriously

and to faith…