THE NIGHTMARE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OUR REALITY….. My last night in Melbourne things started to pick up.I went to an Australian rugby game with friend/savior Ashley. He ended up driving me to the airport at 3am to catch my flight to New Zealand.When I arrived in Auckland, the weather was anything but cozy…cold and wet, and I took one look at my gear and realized…I need something. After I bought a few long sleeves, I nervously applied for the holiday work ...

IT'S NOT WHERE YOU ARE....IT'S WHO YOU ARE WITH.... For the first time since I've been here...I actually got on line and started to look at flights back to the U.S....I haven't felt this off, I keep thinking i'm getting sick, so I have been taking cold medicine, and now i'm realizing...it's not a cold, its my little friend who I thought I got rid of called "exhaustion/depression." I think its very easy for people to take a look at the pictures and say...

GREAT OCEAN ROAD ADVENTURE: Wednesday in Melbourne I decided to go for a long run through the city to get a good idea of where everything was...I ended up running to Federation square, through the Botanical Gardens, then back throigh the Italian district known as Lygon street, and over to the Royal Parks area..Long run, however, while I was running I started thinking...I'm here in Melbourne, I really want to do the Great Ocean road. My hostel is dead, noone is a...

The definition of insanity...is to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.... My last few days in Sydney, I met a student for lunch and was hoping to surf...but the weather was not in our favor. I throughly enjoyed my time with her, and do hope I will see everyone I want to again... I got a chance to go to temple with my friend Steve, who goes to a modern orthodox temple. After 3 hours...I realized why I never go. In all seri...

A wise person I recentley came across, told a story that really seemed to resonate with me...He told a story of going to yoga class, and getting into a headstand posture. While he was upside down, he started getting very confused, everything he felt was coming to the surface....the instructor came over to him and said....'good, stay there." The lesson...sometimes confusion is a good thing, simply because it stirs those different emotions to keep us moving, o...