I have time to reflect on my flight back home to California from London. All of the goodness I experienced from meeting my new UK therapy partners is foremost on my mind. Clinical work is important, and innovative therapeutic work is most critical for both the US and the UK therapists in forming alliances to meet the more demanding needs of our client families. As one new friend Noel put it, “strategizing” the systemic changes in mental health service delivery is most critical; with my other new friend Barny underscoring the importance of building trusting relationships while breaking down outdated agency barriers. This morning before my flight, I took this photo of swans gliding on to a pond in the middle of Hyde Park that provides a visual of how mental health services can be provided when the building of strategic alliances is working positively. I am very pleased with my trip to London, and my meetings. I have come back with a renewed sense of what the world of international well being is to become, and how special is the work.