A few days of gorgeous weather here in the San Francisco Bay, I feel mostly peaceful and relaxed. I feel fortunate to have a place that I can go to as a sanctuary for the mind. The familiarity and the memory, when shone under the beautiful sunlight makes one want to cringe with love. I am traveling with a friend new to the area but not to California and it is nice to be able to show someone around for the first time the beauty of the region.
That said, I can see how things can again be too peaceful so that it becomes boring if I were to stay. I thought about all the amazing places that I have been in the world and that I equally appreciate, the countryside of France and the Italian border with Switzerland... their more exotic nature make them equally attractive. And it would be a lot to also give up my study of human nature back in China. With so many people brushing shoulders with each other and access to all levels of the society on the move, I feel it gives one the ideal classroom to understand ourselves, what motivates us, how society and history impact our lives. All of that, I cannot get in a peaceful and beautiful place like here.
It after all, is a great place to return to, heal one's wounds and then go back to the battleground to understand and conquer a piece of the world.
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