The 'mo'

As in momentum seems to be a key factor in

a volunteer's quest for activities. 

Just when it seems like there will be a go on 

a project or even a simple sensibilization, there

is some unforseen or equally forseen variables

that stops it dead in it's tracks.

The teenage (school based) pregnancy eradication

project being the most recent. 

The first Saturday of this month was scheduled to

begin the project again and everything was planned

and ready. Of course there had to be something 

like demonstrations and the booting out of the

president to make that Saturday, a project not 

happening day. 

But in the spirit of persistence or too dumb to 

know when to quit we try again this Thursday.

With gesting aside this activity has been one of

the most successful I've been involved with to date.

This week alone 3 more female students arrived

to protect themselves from pregnancy. So far

it's a total if 11 and there are less girls at the middle

school of 500 students whom are pregnant at this

time. Of course it's early and I am sure there will be more.

So, we got to either kick the 'mo' in the bum or ourselves

to keep going. But when the 'mo' of a project is

in effect ... well ... it's a beautiful thing. When not ...

it's back to the house for a nap. Definitely it lives in

that ying/yang circle.

But some events that require 'mo' are in our own 

hands or in this case ... legs. With the new bicycle

tires I've been an example of one of Newton's laws.

The one that states it takes less energy to keep

something moving than to begin from a dead stop.

I've been biking, some out of work relation some 

out of just plain having fun relation. I am really 

getting to meet people in the rural villages and

it's great to be able to get back to prioritizing

people in daily life.

On a more serious side ... the gov here is still in

some form of flux but to the people's credit they

are taking a wait and see posture. Hopefully anyone
making decisions don't take it as a sheepism 

thing. They'd be making a mistake.

Also, kind of a boring week with not having an

ex-president running for his safety through our

village like last week.

It's a Sunday morning and it's an habitual washing

clothes day here in the village. Having the 'mo' 

that running water, electricity and a washing 

machine would bring would be ok. But washing 

clothes by hand ... as crazy as it sounds is really

a mindfulness exercise. You know, I am washing

the clothes to wash the clothes. 

So, now I need to gather up the motivation to

go to the pump to get water to wash the clothes 

in mindfulness and so on.

Guess the 'mo' may start when I get up off my 

Sunday morning lazy rearend.