Right side up, or upside down?

Over the past couple weeks I've been telling people about my trip to India. One of the ways I've described my experience has been to say that I was turned upside down, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally while there. But, was I turned right side up or turned upside down? In other words, were the lessons I learned there meant to bring a positive effect in my life here? I would say so. I think God used that experience to affect me in ways that I am uncovering.

For example, on Saturday, Ethan and I went to see my mom who is sick; nearly two hours north of here. What is traveling two hours to see someone who is sick? In India, without question we as a group went out of our way to see people who lived a few hours from where we were staying. One evening after we left a church dedication service, we stopped at a hospital to visit the father of one of the seminary students. It was 10:00pm at night when we arrived. What mattered wasn't the time. What mattered is that we came, visited, and prayed with he and his son Jonbabu. My question Saturday morning about my mom wasn't, "Do I have time," it was, "when shall I leave?" Since being in India, my priority to see people has changed and for that I think I am right-side up.