all is well in your comfortable life and you cannot sleep most nights. so you move closer to the equator where the sun and the struggle knocks you flat on your back like a fallen goliath and your alarm clock is the bustle of the street waking up and an occasional early dawn riot.
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“the sun and the struggle knocks you flat” … sounds real familiar ….
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Kari Reply:
December 1st, 2008 at 2:38 pm
happens to you too?
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Szavanna Reply:
December 1st, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Struggle has a new meaning for me since I arrived in South Africa (that was in 1997). Compared to Hungary life here is alive … – here in SA one is reminded all the time how easily life is gone …
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Kari Reply:
December 1st, 2008 at 9:15 pm
that is very true, sister. you have an amazing story.
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Oh the days when too much sunshine knocks you out… And the worst part is that I never learn! I am always back for more… :-)
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