Thinking about Dallas...

Things I will miss about being in Dallas:

• Amazing prasadam.
• The breathtaking temple room, blue sky ceiling, and BG Sharma.
• Radha Kalachandji in Their night dress.
• Kalachandji’s salad bar, tamarind cooler drink, and cinnamon flavored sweet rice.
• Hanging out in TKG’s VIP room.
• Walking down the neat and orderly hallway in front of the temple.
• Reading the “Wall of Fame” articles.
• Bhaktimarga Swami and his welcoming circle kirtans.
• The hospitality of devotees like Ross prabhu and Nityananda Rama prabhu.
• Pre-mangal arati slumber party with Damodar.
  
• Feeling like part of the solution instead of part of the problem.

Things I will not miss about being in Dallas:

• Being away from my family.
• Feeling compelled to watch TV just because there was one in my hotel room.
• The ghetto Howard Johnson dresser drawers that broke.
• Meetings that had no specified end-time, and concluded only when other meetings started.
• Not being able to get through a meal without getting drawn into conversations.
• 5:30 conference calls during japa.
• The loneliness that crept in when I wasn’t expecting it.
• Damodar's crazy ghost katha.
  
• Making comments that started controversies.
• Feeling like the youngest and most liberal one at the meetings.
• Having to confront my anarthas on a daily basis.