Happy 230th Birthday America!

While sitting outside and watching fireworks tonight, i reflected back to what it must have been like in 1776 when the declaration of independence was made. I was looking at all these grand displays right from my front yard and wondering if these people were really thinking of their freedom for each colorful light that lit up the sky. With the country in war, I think the citizens value their freedom more. They have wisened up to the world and realized that they share something that many people do not have. I guess it was a big birthday for the US today. 230 years! at the end of all the fireworks, there was a heavy cloud of smoke in the air and a distinct smell of sulphur....like a newly lit match (i like that smell).
I wore my famous Old Navy Independence Day t-shirt today for work. My customers noted it approvingly. I explained that although I was not born here, it is my home now and I will celebrate this country's independence. Freedom is a very important word in my vocabulary...so is independence although independence for me is closer to what Mr. Biswas called it, "paddling his own canoe."


so i opened the store an hour later today since it was a holiday. I've began to love the morning shift at work. I miss laila a lot but I've began to be accustomed to my own silence. I get many things done in the silence of the morning. I have even started a little routine in the mornings.
The store faces East and every morning, i watch as the sun rises up over the buildings and trees, lighting up the sky in a display of bright pink, yellow, and orange until the entire store is awash in the early morning rays. i take my morning blessings from Surya Dev when I am able to see him rise up above the trees. It is in these rays that I love to bask. I stand in the direct sunlight and I soak up all the light. It gives me the feeling that I am drawing energy directly from the morning sun. Maybe i am just a morning person but I feel happier after doing my little routine. then, i have my coffee while listening to old, black and white bollywood videos=0)