都蘭草堂筆記

 

 

   So I've been here to visit- but how did I come here to live? It's kind of an unusual story, really. I sat down a month ago to look for a new job in the town where I've been living, but as I did so I thought: Maybe I'll send a few feelers Taitong-way and see if there's anything... and about twenty minutes later my phone rang. I was being offered a job in Taitong by people I'd never even met!! Bizarre, but as I'd been planning to spend the long weekend there anyways, there was no harm in visiting them. We camped at the beach and I marveled at the power of being so fully in nature after so many years living in this over-urbanized land. When I woke up most of my jewelry and my keys had been "claimed" by the beach. A minor inconvenience but not insignificant. As I finally got around to meeting my prospective employers, I was worried. I'm going to a job interview in flip flops, with sand in my hair. I've been sleeping outside for two days, I haven't even showered. I don't even have a resume. This just feels crazy. And the first thing they said to me was:"You are the best choice for us." Well, I guess I got the job. But where was that choice really made? There are places of power on this planet and I believe I've stumbled or been pulled into one of them. I don't know why, but all I can do is trust.