This week, my emotional bandwidth was screaming, "Overload! That's enough!" I found myself overwhelmed by not only my emotions but the emotions of others, and not just "others" but those near and dear to my heart. My gut instinct is to retreat, check out, tune off, to veg out and often overdose on mindless YouTube videos.

But I'm thankful I am not left to my own devices. Being surrounded by a community, near and far, to walk with, to talk with, to do life with has helped me to share and not hold in, to process and confront, not avoid. And like that, I have had chance encounters and conversations where thoughts and feelings are mirrored, empathy is present and my bandwidth increases.

I'm thankful for this "place of grace", where I can take in, observe, process, share, embrace.

Happy Friday! I hope you can take time to process, share and embrace.

Spontaneous badminton/tennis outing with a bunch of characters #squad

3D glasses at Gyeongbok Palace. That's how we roll.