I have been thinking about language, and how compassionate the act of expanding ones capacity to communicate is. I took Spanish for six years, but it was always in a classroom setting and I never felt an interpersonal pull to master it. Our time with Pasacorn, B, Gig, Earth, and all the other people we have met so far has made me rethink my responsibility to learn a new language. It has been relatively easy to be complacent about learning Thai because most of the places we have been are catered to English speakers. But that does not change the fact that there is so much I will never know about the people we’ve met and the places we’ve been if I do not work harder at bettering my ability to communicate with them.