With my helpful ride into see my banker before he retired, I was able to take another look at my old neighborhood. It’s nearly unrecognizable with dilapidated disrepair interspersed with high rise developments. Unhoused tweakers bundled against the cold, lay unconscious in the crosswalks with graffiti and detritus strewn about for the UW students and staff to navigate.
My banker and I remember the heyday of the Dotcom boom in the same neighborhood. We hugged each other and remembered the old days and what we’ve been through together as I bid him farewell. As I invited him to our live streaming group page, he said now finally he will have the time to participate.
What does your old neighborhood look like to you now? How grateful are you for the new developments? Ki to Happiness is grateful for the perspective brought by looking back so as to move forward toward greater peace.