Someone said something recently that I want to share with those reading this. I was talking about how I planned to go to South Korea for a year, and they brought up the number of differences I was going to encounter. Different customs, different food, different everything.
I was aware that I would be encountering things like these, but I wasn't AWARE. As they talked to me, it just suddenly hit me like it hadn't before when they used two words -- BIG CHANGE.
My life is changing. Holy cow.
I've had a good life up 'til now. Great family, friends, mentors and experiences. But this... it's a big change for me, and I got more than a little emotional about it (I may have been emotional before that, whole other story). I can't think of any changes in my life as dramatic as this one, or where I haven't had my family by my side for the majority of the process, if not all of it.
Then the person I was talking to brought up one more thing, which I hope I'm remembering correctly, though I am definitely paraphrasing:
Big changes open us up to greater growth.
There's a chance that things might not turn out the way I plan or the way I hope, but they could also exceed my expectations and introduce me to new wonders. I'm not going to find out unless I go for it and make the change.
Several years ago you decided to move to Tempe and live in a dorm with an unknown room mate. That was a similar step. Moving outside your comfort zone always yeilds life experience. It is exciting and nerve wracking and wonderful to watch you making your own great adventures.
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