Leaning Into the Un-known

Today i'm grateful for the un-known. It keeps me fresh, renders surprises - of the good and not-so-good variety, opens doors, rarely closes them, and renews my confidence in the 'everything will turn out ok' faith movement.

Almost 4 years ago to the day, i was busy preparing good-byes and squeezing my collection of clothes and keep-sakes into a single backback. Icheon, a small town in South Korea was my destination. 'A year teaching English at a local Primary School' was my reason and response at the visa application interview.

My welcome at that local primary school consisted of a banner that read "warm welcome mr glenn". The east and west think differently on the ordering of first and family names. Staff and children used 'mr glenn' to address me. I liked it. It was respectful and friendly at the same time, it also became the name for this digital space i started to use for sharing thoughts and photos.

4 years on and i'm again preparing good-byes and shipping personal items thousands of miles, ignoring warnings of customs officials selecting gifts from my wares, or questionable 'income taxes'. Grateful and leaning into the un-known. To commemorate this notion, and because i stress freshness, i've changed the background from black to white, and vow to up-date and share more frequently.

See you soon.