I cannot believe how fast time has flown. It seems like just yesterday that I was at school deciding that I was going to participate on the CIEE - Alicante: Language & Culture program during the fall semester of 2010 and now I leave to start this next step in the adventure of life on Sunday less than 36 hours from now. Scary, right? I know that I can handle it and I know that I am ready to take this next step however it's scary to think that the people I have always been closest to and the people I have always counted on will not be with me or even close by. All of them will be a 7 hour plus plane ride away. I cannot wait to meet new people and gain more insights on who I want to be and what I want to do however. Something tells me that these next 2 semesters are going to lead me to many new discoveries both about the world and about myself.
I am nervous, excited, and anxious for what is to come in these next few months as I head off on my own. I love Europe and all the new things that I get to experience as well as all of the history that is waiting there for people to discover if only they open their eyes to it. I have been to 19 different countries and each is distinctly different from the others yet each country also has the same types of morals in common with the others. They all have a major sense of nationalism and unity which the US has been lacking for sometime now. If I come back in either December or June and announce that I am moving to Europe after graduation don't be surprised. Everyone knew that day was going to come eventually.
I am going into this adventure with no expectations save one, that I will look for the good in every situation and make it fun one way or another. In doing so I hope that I will not be disappointed in what I find becomes a pattern and monotonous life just as it is at home or what ever life becomes in this new place with so many things just waiting to be discovered.
God be with you this day and always.
No comments:
Post a Comment