As I lay here on the couch in a position that it best described as "sleep inducing", listening to the new Jason Mraz song (at the insistence of my mother, however it is very good-I'd recommened it) and watching the cricket with my family, I'm led to thinking about where I've come from and where I"m aboout to go.
Normally this wouldn't be such a big thing, but I'm a uni student who has been on holidays for 4 months. Go figure.
Moving on.
There are 10 days until I leave, and I'm beginning to say my goodbyes (I know a lot of people, apparently), and this started with the extended family dinner last night,
It was so touching. The moment I love the most and that I will keep with me for a long time is not the dinner in total, although it was the most lovely gesture and time; it's not the amazing food we were lucky enough to eat, and the setting in which we had it, and the photos we took. It was a moment at the end, about 5 minutes long.
As they were about to leave, one of the families present started to pray for me, and we all stood around in a circle as Chloe began. I pray often, but this was so different; so spontaneous and caring and really passionate.
Suddenly I was close to tears; I was so surprised-it was beautiful. So passionate and filled with fire and love. It took me a good little while to stop feeling like I was about to burst into tears. Something that, as Christians, we do all the time, had hit me so hard. It was so poignant and special, and I think it was at that point where it really hit me where I'm about to go and what I'm about to do, and how much my faith actually means to mean along with the support of my family and friends.
Don't get me wrong, I value all of these things normally, but this moment just hit me and as I've been thinking about it today, I've come to the conclusion that these are the moments we take with us, the ones that shape who we really are. It brings us back to earth in moments where we're struggling; it affirms us, it gives us hope, reminds us of our humanity-our vulnerability. Above all, it gives us hope.
And hope is something that we need, even when we feel on top of the world.
As I go out into the wider world on the adventure of a lifetime, I will take with me this moment, and hope that I can create more like it. Whilst soaking in all of the experiences and the different cultures, languages and religions, making little moments like this and keeping them special is what I'll remember most, and those will be the memories that I treasure.
And this is just the beginning!
Clem x
Normally this wouldn't be such a big thing, but I'm a uni student who has been on holidays for 4 months. Go figure.
Moving on.
There are 10 days until I leave, and I'm beginning to say my goodbyes (I know a lot of people, apparently), and this started with the extended family dinner last night,
It was so touching. The moment I love the most and that I will keep with me for a long time is not the dinner in total, although it was the most lovely gesture and time; it's not the amazing food we were lucky enough to eat, and the setting in which we had it, and the photos we took. It was a moment at the end, about 5 minutes long.
As they were about to leave, one of the families present started to pray for me, and we all stood around in a circle as Chloe began. I pray often, but this was so different; so spontaneous and caring and really passionate.
Suddenly I was close to tears; I was so surprised-it was beautiful. So passionate and filled with fire and love. It took me a good little while to stop feeling like I was about to burst into tears. Something that, as Christians, we do all the time, had hit me so hard. It was so poignant and special, and I think it was at that point where it really hit me where I'm about to go and what I'm about to do, and how much my faith actually means to mean along with the support of my family and friends.
Don't get me wrong, I value all of these things normally, but this moment just hit me and as I've been thinking about it today, I've come to the conclusion that these are the moments we take with us, the ones that shape who we really are. It brings us back to earth in moments where we're struggling; it affirms us, it gives us hope, reminds us of our humanity-our vulnerability. Above all, it gives us hope.
And hope is something that we need, even when we feel on top of the world.
As I go out into the wider world on the adventure of a lifetime, I will take with me this moment, and hope that I can create more like it. Whilst soaking in all of the experiences and the different cultures, languages and religions, making little moments like this and keeping them special is what I'll remember most, and those will be the memories that I treasure.
And this is just the beginning!
Clem x
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