Life can give you Strength ("Keep Going" by J. Marshall)

It was awesome to see so many bookstores in Thamel, Kathmandu!! (yes, picture bookstores on those crazy little streets you've seen in pics... in fact, they have all kinds of stores and pretty much everything a tourist would need on a trip far far far away from home). I think if you got here in a pair of shorts, flip-flops and a shirt, it would be possible for you to climb Mt. Everest!! It is unbelievable how much gear and clothes and things they have here! North-face outlet on steroids! ;))

I got a few books, some about Tenzing and Hillary's ascent and some about short stories in Nepal and India (Sidharta style).

While I was getting my hair washed yesterday (there was no water in my room, so I had to get it washed across the street at a "spa" place. Believe it or not, i also got a pedi/meni and a massage, all for $20 total!!;)) c'est la vie! that's what I vall VALUE!!!!
I finished a short book called "Keep Going" by Joseph Marshall III, filled with interesting stories about life.

Here's a short excerpt:

"If we can learn to look back on the difficulties we have known, whether old or new, then we have moved past them, at least in time. That we are looking back at a toufh experience from the perspectve of the present moment means we have survived it. The experience may have taken a toll, as difficulties do, but whatever our losses may have been, we have survived.

Survival is victory because we know, or we are reminded, that it is possible. The experience, the difficulty, has taught us, or reminded us, that we can be strong."

"Facing those storms, those unbelievably hard times, means accepting the REALITY of life. Because denying that bad things can happen never prevents them from happening.

LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVED, NOT AVOIDED.

There are no 10 easy lessons, nor even a 100. But to face every day with its set of experiences and circumstances is fuel for the soul and energy for the spirit, because EVERY DAY ADDS TO WHAT AND WHO YOU ARE.

You rise every morning with the opportunity to grow, to add to the depth of your character, to increase your knowledge.

Every experience no matter how meaningless it may seem to be, is a GIFT.
And so is every person who crosses your path, whether friend or foe, because difficult situations and difficult people teach us patience and tolerance."

..... Whatever doesn't kill you - makes you stronger!