Thursday, May 29, 2014

Returning to Italy

It was 5 years ago, in 2009, that I began my blog as part of my requirements for my study abroad experience here in Sansepolcro, Italy.  Little did I know that curiosity and a hope for rediscovery would bring me back here 5 years later.  I have been note taking and journaling endless feelings about what it’s like to be back in a place where I've been before, but one far from home in North Carolina. 

It is hard not to create expectations when you return somewhere but it has been a goal of mine to let life happen.  Although this small Tuscan town hasn't changed too much, I have.  I am no longer student, and this creates an opportunity to be whatever I want to be.  I am still eager to learn but with a new hope that I can be present.  So far I have learned that running helps, rom coms do not.  I have realized that I am now more unsure of my life's next steps than I was as a student 5 years ago, or even a graduate 2 years ago.

I am hoping to take a hold of the truth that God is looking over me, and will give me strength to overcome the obstacles I fear lie ahead.  The Lord will comfort me in my loneliness and protect me in my new adventures traveling.


This is an opportunity… to learn, and to grow.  Each day I will try to do just that.

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