Dear Destiny,
It's been a week since I arrived in DC and so far I'm surviving it. Admittedly, this is a bleak time of year to be relocating here, and the winter landscape (and drivers) left me feeling that I was truly in foreign territory. But after a week of apartment-searching and job-hunting, I'm feeling like my decision to settle here for a while is a good choice. Also, it helps that I have a two-member fan club (a 2 year old niece and 4 year old nephew; children of my cousin) who bolster my spirits with cuddles and compliments. But now that I'm here Destiny, let's get to work!
PS. Inauguration was crazy. I was glad to make it into town for the event, but happy to keep a distance form the masses of people and general mayhem on the Mall.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Dear Destiny, I'm Stuck.
Dear Destiny,
I'm stuck in Chicago on my way traveling east. The break from the train and the diversity of people has been refreshing but a brief encounter with a stranger today has left me feeling grounded: I stopped for a man on the street who was shaking a cup for change. I emptied my pockets for him knowing it wasn't much but still wanting to make a kind gesture. Instead though, the man barked at my pithy contribution saying "That won't help me!" Any rebuttal would be insufficient - he was right - my few coins wouldn't make things much better. I spent the day wrestling with this and handing out my spare change as I could (usually to much more welcoming persons) in a futile attempt to relieve my conscious. I suppose the hardest thing Destiny, is believing that thing that is the very underpinning of epidemiology; that even small change when multiplied across a population, really can shift the distribution.
I'm stuck in Chicago on my way traveling east. The break from the train and the diversity of people has been refreshing but a brief encounter with a stranger today has left me feeling grounded: I stopped for a man on the street who was shaking a cup for change. I emptied my pockets for him knowing it wasn't much but still wanting to make a kind gesture. Instead though, the man barked at my pithy contribution saying "That won't help me!" Any rebuttal would be insufficient - he was right - my few coins wouldn't make things much better. I spent the day wrestling with this and handing out my spare change as I could (usually to much more welcoming persons) in a futile attempt to relieve my conscious. I suppose the hardest thing Destiny, is believing that thing that is the very underpinning of epidemiology; that even small change when multiplied across a population, really can shift the distribution.
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