Joy

This is an image that I shot on a boat dock leaving for Reily Beach, Thailand.
This is a boat driver that was just hanging out eating an apple. Of all the images I created, this image is burned into my unconscious mind. The day that I made him laugh out loud so boisterously was the day that I realized that pure joy is the goal of every day of my life.
Being a catalyst for people's joy and revelations was such a huge part of this trip for me.
It was the first time in my life that I was able to test my energy and see what a profound effect it had on people. We barely spoke...but this was his reaction. The real humor came when I realized that I had to drag a rolling suitcase in the sand when the boat dropped me off in the middle of a bay. I was up to my thighs in water. Imagine the laughs they get watching the tourists cope with that!