Little things that are helping me to keep my spirits higher...
Gratitude 71
Today, I watched An American Rhapsody. Nagyon jó volt! It was very good. It is a movie from 2001 (Scarlett Johansson plays the main girl) about the Iron Curtain falling over Hungary and the subsequent revolution (all that "1956" stuff). I now understand a little more about 1956. October 23rd is a national holiday in Hungary, and I remember that they really wouldn't tell us much about it. It's complicated and was suppressed in the education of the Hungarian people for decades. I asked some people, but they said they did not know how to explain it in English. Also, I had to be careful of the cultural lines...not to step too far into the personal or say the "wrong" thing.
I owe thanks to an old man I met on my long journey home after my stay in Hungary for telling me of this movie. At the airport in Budapest on my way back to the States, I met an American couple while standing in the seemingly endless security line (recall the lovely Ferihegy strike!). They were school teachers who have been living and teaching in Budapest for the past eight years and were going to visit their son in Philly for the holidays. They were really nice, and we had a lovely conversation.
At random moments in silly little things like this, I find myself in the midst of a sweet memory of a place I was, someone I met, a conversation that was had, etc. I am so blessed! :)
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