*day nine*

it's only 30 minutes into my last day in sydney and i already wish it was over.

amazing how a split second can completely change your perception of something. one little decision to do something now instead of later, takes me to a moment that might not have been, and a glimpse of something i was never meant to see, and it's all changed. it's like i was looking through one of those coin-operated view finders looking out to a beautiful picturesque shoreline, and a little slip on the footstool and the whole thing gets turned around - and now i'm looking at the slimy stone wall covered with the filth that pollutes the seemingly idyllic waterfront.

there are strongholds of the prince of darkness that absolutely confounds me as to its thoroughness in infiltrating God's army of light. why? i have had about 3 seconds to think about what i was just exposed to, so my thoughts are a little unprocessed at the moment, but i'm beginning to get a grip on why these things are revealed to me. it's not the first time, and i should think it would not be the last.

life is never as idyllic as it appears.