So the other night we were reflecting as a group and the idea of inconvenience got brought up. Now, I prefer the idea of uncomfortable but to each their own. I am going to stick with inconvenience for this blog because I have a little ditty for ya. We were talking about how when we have been here plans have changed, the heat has been intense, sleeping corridors not ideal, etc. So the point was how this is an inconvenience to most Americans. Some felt that it was the big trips that were truly inconvenient others felt that you could be inconvenienced at home. I personally believe that you can be inconvenienced at home (this is really why I prefer uncomfortable- I don’t believe helping anyone is an inconvenience but bare with me here). I believe that only doing big trips isn’t an inconvenience at all, it is a bit of a vacation. You go to a land you’ve never seen before and experience a lifestyle you’ve never lived before and if you don’t like it, you know it’s going to end. When you help out at home it’s something you see each day. The more you help the more you see and you can’t change that; your awareness increases. That’s uncomfortable (inconvenient). I think it’s important to do both the big trip and the at home duties. To really make a difference it has to be a lifestyle, not just a once in awhile thing.
To shed a little more light on this idea of ‘inconvenient’ I give you the following:
In search of wholeness
Never giving in to the temptation of simplicity, ease, and luxury
Constantly digging deeper into yourself begging for the ability to give all of yourself
Open to the turbulence caused by life, society, culture, religion, and economics
Needing more and feeling emptier and emptier
Veraciously fighting for the needs of others in all the ways you are ableErroneously believing that another trip will fill the hole in your spirit
Not accepting less than your best
Inconveniencing yourself for the betterment of another
Effectively loving everyone as you love yourself
No. The word you won’t accept
Tethering pieces of yourself to every part of the world, every person you meet, and losing yourself.
INCONVENIENT
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