Sometimes I think it's important to stop and realise how lucky we are. I have loving parents and friends that I share very special bonds with. We all love to feel loved but an even more amazing feeling is being able to return love unconditionally and do and give as much as you can to make others feel loved and add to making others lives feel full and happy.
With a few weeks left here in Western Australia before I head back for another 10 month run in China, I'm filled with a mixture of emotions. I'm extremely excited that my closest of friends from China accepted the invitation to join me here in Australia for the last few weeks of my holiday. I will get the chance to give back some of the amazing generosity she shows to me when I am in her home country. For someone who has not experienced a western country, I think Australia will be an amazing adventure for her. It will be a lot of fun for me as well as Nettie, introducing her to my hometown, different foods and showing her the sights. Her English is very, very good and I know she will value this opportunity to be in a completely English speaking environment and learn so much from being here.
With the arrival of my dear friend comes the reality of leaving my parents here again in just a few weeks time. I love and miss them very much when I am in China but the support that they always show for whatever I choose to do has got me to where I am now and I hold on to the fact that they want me to experience as much of life as I can and never hold myself back.
I will fly back to China with my friend which is comforting and I wonder how different things will be. Last year I was flying into the unknown..."what would China be like, would the job be o.k?, how would the people treat me? would I make friends?" Obviously all these things made a big enough impact on my life for me to return again. This time it's not unknown...I have learnt much of the language and made great friends. The school is very good to me and I enjoy teaching the kids.
How will this impact on my second year in China? Will I be more adventurous and brave :-)Generally feel more comfortable and at ease in such a different lifestyle?
It's all part of life's big learning curve :-) The amazing thing about loving people unconditionally is the biggest buzz that you get when you give to please and how somehow, it works around in a complete circle of giving and more giving, which comes back to you ten fold...and so on and so on..
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