Re-entry

One of the things that tends to happen (to me, anyway) after traveling to foreign countries, particularly highly impoverished areas, is that I return with an extremely low tolerance for stupid, petty drama. Eventually I am certain to fall back in with the people around me and return to having stupid, petty drama of my own. In the meantime, let's say you complain to me about things including but not limited to: people's mildly thoughtless comments, bands not playing where you want them to play, church services not happening exactly as you would like them to, some church activity not being quite as exciting as you hoped, or your own self-centered neuroses. What I will be thinking about is: hungry children, AIDS, corrugated tin houses, racism, political prisoners, and how ridiculous some of the things we worry about are. Just so you know.