I am in Kansas City.

The route from Iquitos was really long, lest I ever forget. The persuasion and modivation to visit are powerful tools in making something happen. This action, this arriving, was born of that. With care comes following through. I go to the airport, and airport activities happen there. I also arrive at a new place at the end. Somehow, the airport is a good analogy for considering what something actually requires. I get to fly when most people don´t. It´s also annoying to be there.

So often, ideas versus experience are separate. Drawing the experiences together is hard to do. We want to travel but we forget about lines at the airport, the waiting around, the people asking if you want a taxi. Perhaps life integration means that you accept the unpleseantness of something prior to doing it. I walk in to the airport expecting incompetence and slowness, and reminding myself that it´s worth it anyway. It was my choice. All of it was.