This site is dedicated with warmth and gratitude to all the friends and family who have shared this amazing journey.
Family -- pictures and more on the Thom and Wong families (requires password for access)
Travel -- pictures from my wanderings over the years
Other -- miscellaneous pictures from work and other adventures
"Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all.
The true joy of life is the trip.
The Station is only a dream.
It constantly outdistances us.
‘Relish the moment,’ is a good motto. It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad.
It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.
Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.
Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often,
swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less.
Life must be lived as we go along. The Station will come soon enough."
Excerpt from The Station
by Robert J. Hastings
May you be blessed with good friends.
May you learn to be a good friend to yourself.
May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness.
May this change you.
May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in you.
May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship, and affinity of belonging.
May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them and may you be there for them; may they bring you all the blessings, challenges, truth, and light that you need for your journey.
May you never be isolated.
May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging with your anam cara (soul friend).
A Friendship Blessing
by John O'Donohue
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