Moving with the current

This experience has broken me, challenged me, pushed me, and healed me. It's only been two and a half months but I feel a change within me, a positive change. When I first arrived here I was scared. I didn't know very many people and I didn't know my surroundings. I was forced to adjust and adapt, which is something that naturally happens over time, and during that time I've been able to think about who I am, where I want to go, and how I want to better myself...some self-reflection time :)

I am so grateful for this amazing experience because it taught me how to cope. I was taken out of the world I knew and thrust into a place I knew nothing about, and as scary as that was, I managed to get through because I realized that change is something that cannot be controlled. Life moves constantly and things are bound to change so instead of wearing yourself out by trying to force the wall of change from moving, it's much easier to move in the direction that change is going in. Not only do you save yourself from stressing out, but you encounter new and interesting things along the way. This trip has been filled with change. My life is much different now than it was before I left and I feel that it's a good thing because I've learned. Learned about myself, what I'm capable of achieving, and what exactly I've been missing out on. The last few months have been fairly rough, but it's been nothing that I couldn't handle. There were obstacles to move past and right now, I feel that I have finally made it through. I am a new man with new goals and ambitions. There are new people to meet and new places to see. I'm moving on but never forgetting. I'm moving in the direction of change...and I like where I'm going so far.