I have found myself saying this phrase many times:
"every step provides a new view"
Turkey has been a very interesting experience for me. There have been good times and bad times and times that cannot be explained by a single word. Sometimes we will br walking all day or hiking and I begin to wonder why I should even take another step. Today especially, I have found that every addition step I took, I saw a new view or a new angle of a mosque, rock formation, or tree. Every step provides a new view.
I think this idea can be paralleled to life easily. Every additional day or step in your journey of life provides you a new outlook or view allowing you to form your own opinion based on experience...
Whether you are starting a new day in Turkey, at college or even at home, your past experiences allow you to look at that opportunity to make less mistakes or more mistakes based on your feelings of the previous events. I have had many monumental steps that allow me to take another look at life. Going to Italy and now being in Turkey has Truly widened my perspective. No, I have not seen the world. But I have expanded my world...
This is why I encourage you...whoever you may be....to take another step. It may cause you pain or discomfort or have minor side effects but in the end, that step is the medicine you need to fulfill and live a healthy life.
Awesome Liz. Thank you for this fresh perspective. The student teaches the teacher.
ReplyDeleteLove ya, Smitty