One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. ~ Jane Austen And thus the journey has begun. For at least a year I had a random advertisement for GE behind my alarm clock. It was a small print, overview calendar showing the year to come. And on top was a picture of a group of people in a canoe somewhere in the world, on a missions trip. I'm not quite sure why I put it there. I suppose it was a quick reference to what the date was for the day. But then I just sort of left it there for quite some time after. Every night before I went to bed I set my alarm and I would always look at that picture. The remarkable thing, is that amongst all of those faces I was looking at the face of my soon to be roommate, upon my arrive to the HA. She has become one of my dearest friends. I had picked up a post card from GE (while on campus) that I really found to be beautiful. W hen I got home I put it in the same spot, behind my alarm clock . It was a picture of Big Be