A week ago I was lying by the hotel pool in Mauritius. And the week before that I was waiting at Trivandrum airport in India on my journey home to South Africa. After 10 airplane rides, 13 different towns and cities, 2 continents, 1 island in the past 3 months, I'm finally back here sitting in the same spot I often sit at everyday for almost 4 years. Many things have changed in the short time I left. People got married, people got engaged, babies were born, babies are about to be born, people left the country, people moving to the country, etc. People changed, places changed, relationships changed, I changed. I had many doubts about what I should do after India. Do I really want to leave South Africa and go traveling indefinitely? What about my family and friends? What if I can't find new friends? What if I get tired of traveling? What if.......... Something I learnt about myself in India is my ability to adapt. Everyone told me to be careful in India and was concerned for my safety traveling alone as a woman and yadda yadda yadda. But through my journey I realized how blessed I am as I have so many guardian angels looking after me. I never struggled to make new friends, in fact I made more than a handful of friends, maybe even soul mates, who I know I will stay in touch with for a very very long time, if not see again in the not too distant future. Everyone has their lives to live, and I need to live mine. Things will change, people will change, and such is life. The only thing that remains constant, is change.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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