I am days away from change.. I am days away from waving good bye to my friends...
I am days away from change ..Gonna take my dreams out there and lay them on the table. ..
Sooner or later a change must come. Oh, sooner or later we become.
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One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
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I am days away from change.. I am days away from waving good bye to my friends... And boy.... I am going to miss you all. Each of you hold a very special place in my heart, that words can't fully express. I have 10 days left here before I make this transition to Edinburgh, Scotland and I can't leave without saying Thank You. Thank you for bringing joy and laughter into my life. Thank you for teaching me about what it means to be a friend. Thank you for sharing part of your life with me. Thank you for time. Thank you for encouragement. Thank you for support. Thank you for your unconditional love. Thank you for believing in me. I am days away from change ..Gonna take my dreams out there and lay them on the table. .. It is with your support and encouragement that I can make this huge leap. I want to find myself. Truly discover who I am and what I can do. I want to make a difference in my profession and the lives of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people that I serve and the students that cross my path. I know in my heart this is the next step in the right direction. So although it is hard to pick up and leave my life here. I know that it will be alright, because in the end this is what I need to do to. Sooner or later a change must come. Oh, sooner or later we become. I hope I can continue to become someone that will make each of you proud. I hope I can become someone that I am proud of. I pray that as each of you continue on your journey that you too will welcome change when it comes and be willing to become the person that you are meant to be. Music: InAshton Days Away
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The famous author Mark Twain once said “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.”
I am the first to admit, I enjoy a comfort zone. I like routine. I like being able to know what happens next. I like order. I thrive when structured. Yet, there are some days that I dream to be a risk taker, a bit more spontaneous and more carefree. Part of this new journey is breaking my routine, breaking my structure and embracing a much-needed change. If I were honest, I decided to throw off my bowlines and sail away when things were not quite the way they supposed to be. Life out of whack, dreams crushed, and lets be completely transparent here- a broken heart and saddened spirit. Someone asked me recently are you running from something or are you going to something? I had to really think about my answer. Originally, the answer was clearly running from something. As I have been resonating on Mark Twains quote, my perspective begins to shift from running from something to going to something. If I didn’t make the choice to run from something, I could be stuck in a life of darkness. In my heart I know that if I didn’t originally run, my life would be filled with much regret and forever disappointment. So sure, maybe originally I was running from something. But who cares? Even while you are running from something you are headed some place new. So with that I am excited. I am excited that I tossed my bowlines and have been preparing for this next part of my life. I am excited that I am stepping out of my comfort zone to sail, or fly rather, over an ocean to a new life, where my new routine will be have more adventure, increased spontaneity, and a bit more risk. I can’t wait to explore, continue to dream, and discover more about myself and the world around me that I never imagined possible. In twenty years, what will you be disappointed that you didn’t do? So when you move to another country you need to get a Visa to stay in that country. Pretty common sense, right? So when you get accepted into school in another country you should apply immediately, right? No, No, No.. that is wrong. You should apply when you get what is called a CAS letter, I let my excitement get the best of me, and I applied shortly after the acceptance letter came. This means, that a payment of just under 500 bucks went directly to the Visa office for my application. You then make a biometrics appointment. In other words, you get your fingerprints taken by some really wonderful people.. mine were wonderful, I hope yours are too. Here was my hangup. I needed my CAS letter to complete the application. While waiting for the scholarship results, we waited for the CAS letter. I got the scholarship and the CAS letter 90 days after I had originally applied. However, since I was able to continue rescheduling my biometrics appointment, I assumed that my application was still valid. It was not. I continued to reschedule, finally got my CAS letter, went into my appointment, paid the $150 to expedite the processing, paid for the shipping, included the envelope to send back my original documents (more money) and then sent it off. All to have everything returned to me just a couple days later telling me that my application had expired and that I needed to get a new one, and go to another biometrics appointment. AHHHHHH! yes this really happened. So I reapplied, had to pay another $500, another $150, another envelope with shipping for my return documents, and of course the money to ship it there. Oh, and did I mention if you had any questions and wanted to talk to someone on the phone you would have to pay $3.00 per minute to do so? LOVELY! I am very grateful to the wonderful biometrics people who saw me before my next appointment, squeezed me in, the day I got my returned application, so that I could keep my work and family plans here in MD this week. I am also very thankful for the fedex people, who delivered everything to the Consulate safely and back to me safely, not only once, but twice. Lesson learned.... very grateful... the Visa documents were successfully delivered to me. YAY.. I can now officially enter the country!
I am a huge fan of ted.com. This website is full of education, inspiration, and of course their tag line.."ideas worth spreading." You should check it out during some free time. Turn off the TV and turn on TED!! I watched this video "Before I Die I Want To" at the gym last week and I have not been able to get it out of my mind. She states, that "two of the most valuable things we have are time, and our relationships with other people." When you think about death, as Candy Chang states, it clarifies life. I would venture to say that means it puts in perspective what we do with our time and how we are strengthening those relationships. I encourage you each to watch this video I have posted below and reflect on your own life. I am curious about all of you. What are you doing with your time? How are you strengthening those relationships? What do you want to do before you die? I love reading some of the things that people have written on these walls throughout the country. It amazes me that so much of this is anonymous! Think about it...people walk up to the wall, write their goals and ambitions out for others to see, and then walk away. We never will know if they followed through or not, but writing it down was a start. Strangers then read these sentences of very personal goals, and yet, have no idea the face of the person who is attached to them. If you are ever lucky enough to write your statement on one these walls it is a way to share your personal truth with the world. By writing out goals you are speaking your truth, you are making that first step into actually going out there and doing those things that you have been desiring to do for so long. Even if your city doesn't have a fantastic wall to write on directly, I still encourage you to answer the sentence too... go for it, "Before I die I want to _________" Feel free to share your sentence as a comment on this blog. I hope that we can keep each other accountable and every now and then check in on how we are doing with this. I would hate for something sudden to happen to any of us and to no longer be able to do that one thing we had always wanted to do. Go for it, don't let fear hold you back. I have several ways I could complete this sentence personally. However, for now here are a few of my own. I am being brave sharing with you all- don't judge me! Before I die I want to understand what it truly means to be balanced. Before I die, I want to sky dive..... I think :) Before I die, I want to experience true love. Before I die I want to I want to be extremely physically fit. This post may not be as articulate as I had it written in my head over the last few days. In fact, I think the video speaks for itself. I am tired, and have had a long week. I will share an update soon on what has been going on in my little world beyond a TED talk, but for now- this is what has been on my mind. Have a great night friends, thanks for reading. |
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