Yesterday, on the train from Madrid to Málaga, a young man on his Mission in Spain sat across from us. When I asked him what his favorite part of his experience had been so far (he has 2 years in Spain and has completed 5 months in various locations), he replied "Huh, I haven't really thought about it that way (in terms of favorites). I kind of see it all as just one experience".

The one thing that I love about his perspective is the laissez faire kind of attitude; it evokes the whole "let your experience be your experience", "whatever happens, happens" kind of mentality. Instead of seeing it as an experience broken into pieces of "when I was in Morocco", etc. I can see my time in Spain as one collective memory. There will be ups and downs, but I'm just along for the ride, baby! But as to the whole "no favorites" thing -well, we'll see about that. ;) (photo of beach in Torremolinos at dusk)