I'm here!
I had no "real sleep" for longer than I can remember. Certainly no sleep at all from LAX to Chicago to Brussels. Felt quite weary as there was no more adrenaline to borrow from the bank. I knew that a "crash and burn" was only matter of time. But on the 7+ hour flight from Brussels to Kigali, I had the entire row of 4 seats! (What's the deal? Doesn't anybody want to go to Rwanda?) I lifted up all the armrests, arranged my 4 pillows and blankets,... ordered a glass of wine (two, actually)... and was out like a light for a most refreshing (and much needed) sleep. First Class would not have been as comfortable.
I woke up to a very special greeting party and the expected rain in Kigali, Rwanda. I could just explode from excitement.
One very minor problem: It is 11:00 pm and I am now wide awake, with a very big day ahead of me tomorrow.
Not About Me
- Tom Allen
- Kigali, Rwanda
- I am reluctant to do the Bio thing. Nothing "about me" should be the focus here, except as this open journal may resonate with (or provoke) your own thoughts. But I offer this much: After 30 years as an attorney, I am now a typical Halftimer who is determined to move beyond success to significance. Inspired and convicted by three sons (Tommy, Nathan & Wesley) who live passionate and adventurous lives, I am now privileged to participate in the exciting social changes and development occurring in Rwanda and elsewhere in Africa, hoping to empower the desperately poor. But I must be very clear on this: I am just your average coward. Suffering and sacrifice are very foreign concepts to me. However, I now believe that life comfortably ensconced in a safe cocoon misses out on too much of what might be learned, experienced, and shared with others in the Majority World, many of whom are crying out in desperate need, and some of whom beam with smiles and contentment such as I have seldom seen. I want to know them and their lives.
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