I have reached my pinnacle

Ok, so maybe I haven't really reached my pinnacle, but man, crazy about that earthquake. Awful, really. It's so sad to hear about things like that. And scary. It makes you think. I read that the earthquake was the biggest they've seen in awhile:

"The earthquake that caused the tsunami was the largest since a 9.2 temblor hit Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1964, according to geophysicist Julie Martinez of the U.S. Geological Survey.
''All the planet is vibrating'' from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation."

That's just from some online news story I was reading. But wow. I wonder why America doesn't really experience natural disasters like that. Or maybe we do and I just don't know about them.

To tangent off of that thought, I want to leave the US and go abroad. I want to live among people who don't live or think like I do. I want to become part of their lives. I want to be in a place where I am not so easily sedated into thinking that safety is where it's at. There is a danger to the indulgent way Americans live. No, I don't think we're all gluttons. But I think a lot of us are in some way or another. Gluttony isn't confined to food just as lust isn't confined to sex.

Norway? I think maybe. I just need to submit, sit down, and ask. Money? that's a problem for getting and living there. Family? I don't want to abandon them, but I want to go where He leads me.

I'm too tired to think right now. I'll pick up where I left off tomorrow.