kung hei fat choi

Happy Year of the Rat!

Chinese New Year break is coming to an end, and I'm going back to school tomorrow. It was an interesting week. I reconnected with old friends, went to a friend's dad's funeral, met another's new baby, got sick with the flu, got better and did some baking and crocheting, and then of course, got some hiking in as well. With all the contrasting activities, I couldn't help but be reminded of this passage from Ecclesiastes:

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven;
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to week and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear down and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

Photos to come...