A Very Taksing Day

Xin Chao! Today I took the math TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills). It replaced the old TAAS (Texas Assessment of Academic Skills) back in the good old days of the eighth grade. Anyway, my brain is dry and crinkled up like a flower that has not been watered in a few days, as though all the moisture has been sucked out of it. So, in order to counteract this loss of the insperational and literal liquids in my brain, I have consumed a gallon and a half of water, listened to two hours of music in the front yard, climbing trees barefoot and dancing in the grass, singing, followed by the replenishing of my muscles through an hour and a half of meditative yoga and pilates. It is very relaxing and rejuvenating. The damn blocking the river of my inspirational flow was actually broken through as I jumped from eight feet in the air and felt the air rush past me giving my skin the sensation of flying. I landed on my foot in one graceful cat-like movement (that's a first and last for me). I continued to dance to Dragostea Din Tei afterwards, causing the neighbors to once again point at me. I'm beginning to think that that is the only thing they do. Anyway, now that the inspiration is flowing through my inner "genius" as Thoreau put it, I will once again begin to work, much to my cousin Katie-chan's delight, on Crimson Destiny. May God give you the strength and courage to do what you must and the peace of mind to obtain contentedness with your life. Chao tam biet.

An Epiphany

As was my habit, I picked up a single dandelion, one of the first spring had produced, closed my eyes and blew. The sunlight warmed my skin as a soft breeze caressed my face. The scent of honeysuckle drifted to my nose and I inhaled deeply taking in its heavenly odor before my eyelids fluttered open. I became too enthralled with the presentation of life nature was displaying to realize that I had made no wish. For the first time in the course of my sixteen years I had no wish to make. I found true satisfaction with my life and myself. All the world and its worries melted and drifted away into insignificance. A sense of contentedness blanketed my entire being as it flooded my soul. This, is life as it should be lived. God has given me this gift. Jesus Christ, my savior has broken the shackles that bound me so violently to the world and all of its poisons. Now I may take my passion out into the world and live life as it should be lived. Completely content with whatever course my life takes, fighting to give those around me this same passion and freedom.