The Veg Out is going on pretty well, the people seem to really enjoy it. I know that from what I write you can sense that I do not know if they are enjoying it for real, but I always have a hard time figuring out others’ true feelings.
Yesterday we started to teach Asher not to call me Monkey. He does not do that in a bad way, but Jim told him that parents really think hard about their kids’ name so we should do our best to call the others by their proper name. Asher does not like calling me by my name. First, he has troubles saying it since it is not a common name nor an easy one. Then, he really loved when I showed him my monkey face and he enjoys it every time like you would enjoy the game. So for him I am Monkey, and it is hard for everyone to go back from something we are used to.
Changing is always thought as a hard thing to do, but I honestly think that it depends on our environment. Change comes when we surround ourselves with different people and new challenges. Otherwise, I would not be able to explain how much we are different when I volunteer around the world from when I am just me in Milano.
One interesting thing that we are doing this week is following the four golden rules of the book “Undo it”: move more, love more, stress less, eat well. So we are doing yoga, high intensity interval training, meditation and little things to make us stick to these rules. For example today we went to Magnetawan to give free hugs and treats to people. They made me sing a different version of “We Will Rock You” which was turned into “We Will Hug You”. It was actually my idea, but Fran just made me do it for every person we met. Despite the fact that the majority accepted the hugs and the treats, there still were people who did not want to be hugged by strangers. Some find it gross, some do not like being hugged. As humans we are creating a big distance between each other, but what is the reason?
Later on many things happened and I realized that I am never ready to take pictures during the day, which sucks because they are wonderful memories. Sunsets, laughter, moments. They will all get lost in the memories someday and I am not even trying that hard to live in the moment and savor it. For example today we put on the windows and the door in the cabin. Then we teased Laila so much we even made a bet with her to push her to do something. Isaac was sitting alone on a canoe and she kind of likes him. So me and Verena told her that we would give her €. 10,00 if she hugged him. She got close to him but then they actually broke the canoe and everyone started laughing, so she forgot about the bet and I luckily did not have to give her anything. And then when we were doing the dishes we had so much fun, Mike asked me to do his youtube video’s intro (he has more than 300.00 subscribers on Youtube), one mom wanted to know what I take to get high (and I do not take anything), me and Jim teased Laila and the German people and so much more. We even played volleyball at the end of the day, but I hated because I am so competitive and really love it. Nevertheless, we could not do even one decent exchange which really put me out of my hype for sports.
We do so much in one day that is actually understandable that we even forget about things, but it would be wonderful not to forget it. Maybe if I keep working out, jogging and meditating I will be able to remember more and think faster. Fortunately, today I did. You know, mens sana in corpore sano!
Godyl Go! 