Perspective

I enjoy coming back to places I'd once been used to, these I haven't seen for a long time. Every time I return, it's an opportunity for me to think back to the past and think about who I'd represented back in the day and what my life was like. The idea first hit me when I was sitting in a coffee place at downtown Warsaw, starting at the city center through the window. I looked at the buildings which I used to watch live on an on-line webcam while in the States, longing to home. But here I was, back, in the real world. Now I could at most watch Yakima through an on-line webcam, away from there for good.

Perspective.

Personally, treating life from different perspectives makes my life easier. It makes me happier, prevents me from worrying about minor stuff, and strengthens my belief in the future and my call. Relying on the perspective proves that everything that happens, happens in a way it's supposed to.

Taking opportunities

What I repeat extremely often (perhaps way too often, I'm afraid) is that an exchange program is a unique opportunity to gain a whole bunch of skills that teach not only how to live, but also how to live successfully. I admit it, I have no comparison with other nations, but I believe that Americans are one of the most wonderful people to be encountered by foreigners. The way I see it, they have developed a surprisingly powerful and effective mentality of faith, support, positive thinking, and even a hint of specific courage.

In this post I'd like to focus on catching opportunities, which is something I have learned long before I have departed for the exchange program. After all, the program itself was an opportunity which I was given, while a lot of people out there haven't been.

I cannot say there was anything about my life from before the exchange I would ever regret, maybe except for one thing - at times it felt a bit boring. I used to thoughtlessly go through life, not really knowing yet what I would like to do in the future. To say that I wanted to 'change my life' would be way too much; I just thought that an exchange program may give me a chance to simply see and experience something outside the little world I'd always stuck to.