I cannot believe I have been away from home for 15 days. At moments it seems so much shorter than that but the emotional side it seems so much longer. (Emotional side meaning home sick, missing love ones, adjusting, learning the ways, making new friends, finding new “comforts” and letting go of my normal routine and comforts.)
My total trip is about 65 days; 50 more days to go seems like a lifetime. Well not that extreme but a long time compared to two months in the States. Everyday things gets easier and more enjoyable, like my second nature. Before you know it, I will be on the plane home. Then I will be thinking the opposite, where did the time go, I just got here!
As many of you know, I am very hard on myself, always thinking what else do I need to get done, to cross of my never ending to-do list. I am learning, to give myself credit on what I HAVE accomplished and not worry about what I have not or how much more I have left to do. This new mindset is helping me become less of a stress ball and more relaxed. In my perfectionist ways, I am learning that failure is NOT taking the first step. It’s the NOT trying that is failure. My grandfather used to say, “If it was easy, everyone would do it.”
Thank you everyone for your support, encouragement, and prayers.
Feel free to email me at Buell.Katherine@gmail.com. I will try to respond when I can, but know that it is nice to receive emails, to keep that little connection with friends and family.
Something I read on a card Ruth received that I am marinating on:
Contentment: "When you think of yesterday with pride and tomorrow with hope, you can live peacefully with today."
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