There are some moments in life that you take extra note of. When it is happening, you tell yourself, "I want to remember this feeling in this exact moment." You feel: alive, whole, peaceful. These moments have a way with letting you know, you are where you are suppose to be. I had one of these moments tonight.
You might expect that you get this moment jumping out of an airplane or climbing to the top of a mountain. I was in a taxi cab. Still a little life-threatening nonetheless. I had just finished dinner with five friends, two Americans, a Korean, a Chinese girl, and a Russian. We ate Pakistani dishes while drinking our Harbin pijiu. I was feeling particularly grateful to be invited to this dinner as we all shared personal perspectives and experiences from our lives in and outside of China. I now need to learn more about Russia.
The taxi driver offered up some new Chinese hip-hop song and his best singing voice. He even took the scenic route driving alongside the Songhua River. It was at this moment driving past the river at night listening to my taxi driver sing, when I was able to catch the moment and allow it to fill me with gratitude. I no longer was wondering or questioning, "Hope, what the hell are you doing with your life here in China?" I was answering my own question, "It's for these moments when you look around and you realize you wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here."
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