Part of my morning lesson

 Here is an example of my morning. I get up every morning around 6. I stretch and exercise for about 30 minutes. I roll up the a cushion I put on the mat that I sleep on. Hang the mosquito net up. Get my clothes ready for the day. Take a quick bath, wash my undergarments from the day before in the basin that I took my bath in, and when I say bath, I mean, there is a shower in my bathroom, not one like what you and I have. It is a spicket coming out of the wall in the bathroom, next to the toilet. The drain is in the corner. There is a box that allows warm water to come if you turn it on. The water supply is a large water tank on the roof. You turn on a pump every so often to fill the tank from the main source. It is not clean water. The water in the tank uses gravity to work. I use the water sparingly. When I take a shower, I stand in a basin and allow the water to trickle just enough to get wet, I turn it off to soap up, then on again to rinse. Gone for now are the days of taking a long hot shower. I don't mind showering this way, I do not want to waste the water. It is so hot and muggy here that drying off is kind of a joke. Think of the hottest, most humid day you have experienced, then think worse. Honestly, I like this kind of weather. I don't even bother wearing makeup or doing my hair...........which has been a nice change for me. I am learning to wear makeup because I want to not because I feel I have to. I have been accepted here just as the way I am, no makeup, hair pulled back, forehead leading the way, haha. I didn't realize I was so self conscious of my appearance. There are not a lot of mirrors to see myself in. I will be teaching or visiting all day. Then I may catch a glimpse of myself and automatically think, " OMG, you look terrible!"........but really, that is only me that has felt that way for so long. I don't look terrible, I look like me, and that is how I want to look......like me, Kathy. I hope you are feeling beautiful on the inside and outside automatically, with out looking in the mirror to get the answer.