Wow, here we are on day 21-three whole weeks and everybody is still alive and ticking along. Today seems unusually quiet, probably because it is the 4th of July long weekend. All the runners have passed the 1000mile mark- already an amazing feat. And today Dharbhasana needed a little something unusual to spice up his merry-go-round.
Two typical American school buses park themselves in front of the school everyday in between their many daily duties. From driving kids to and from school, posing for photos, or in Dharbhasana’s case, a driver’s seat to another world; they await the opportunity to serve. I guess there is just something about these big yellow machines that give us good feelings inside-maybe reminding us of childhood in one way or another.
Along with the magic school buses, there are several other little distractions exposing themselves throughout the most foot traveled city block in the world. I’ve seen Pushkar brush his hand several times along the same swooping branch of a pine tree, Pranjal jiggle the same latch on a gate and Asprihanal, Dharbhasana and Surasa spin the prayer wheel- the top of a fire hydrant. It just shows you how possible it is to find things to focus on or look forward to on a seemingly tedious journey. Now, to remember this in my own life…