"Everyone's story is a love story"

This post's title is a quote from a guy named Damien who came to Corrymeela and did a journaling workshop with us. He's a local playwright who seriously makes his living off his writing, which is pretty awesome. His daughter volunteered here a little over the summer, too. But anyways, back to the point of using the quote--I love it here.
A top ten list of the things I love about Northern Ireland.
1. The accent. Although sometimes hard to understand, always interesting to listen to.
2. The sea. Any day I want I can go for a walk on the beach. Totally awesome.
3. The attitude. Everyone's so laid back here. No worries.
4. Lack of barriers. My boss is a normal person that I could go to the pub with. At first this was weird for me, but now I really like it. It makes everyone equal with no power struggles.
5. Guinness. It's just not the same in the states.
6. Jameson. See above.
7. More public transportation. Thanks to really strict and expensive hoops to jump through to legally drive a car, tons of people just don't! Which is nice for me!
8. The immense satisfaction I get from my work. It nice to feel like you've making a difference, however small.
9. The fabulous views everywhere you go. See very early posts when I had a digital camera.
10. The people I work with. Always interesting, always something to learn.

I will only dwell on the good today, as I have had a pretty amazing day. The last day of my week off, I ate Alpen for breakfast, walked to town to go swimming, got an ice cream, walked along the beach to eat my ice cream, sat watching the waves crash into the shore, finished walking back to Corrymeela, and ate lunch. Totally relaxing and refreshing. Everything that a week off should be.