17 Mile Drive

It was a beautiful day for a drive after church. I took the two Korean Visiting Fellows (I'll refrain from publishing their names here but simply post this photo. Left, from MOCIE; center, from KITA) for some leisurely R&R through Pebble Beach. They both seem so far to be intelligent, clever, ambitious, and good people in different ways and to different levels. I can see that they are both similar yet contrast sharply in various aspects of their characters and personalities. But I can't help but wonder how much vision they have or lack in their lives. One has proven to be more receptive and responsive then the other, even confessing that they had never been before so challenged. But I cannot -- I refuse to -- be content with such small steps. Knowing that both men are very likely to be and remain in the international policy field for a very long time, I hope and pray the seeds I planted will bear much fruit. Our world needs more people who work and live with God's perspective on everything.

To some, this may seem arrogant of me. But it absolutely is not. I merely want to share. I wish for others to experience and know the same rewards I've had in working and living for God. There's nothing else like it. Time is a constant that is fleeting. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that I may have lived half of my life already. What regrets will I have as I look back in thirty years? This is my greatest fear: to think back with remorse and know that I could have done so much more, and I haven't the time left to do them.

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