If I were to write this blog entry in a couple of hours, it
would be very different. I am at the stage where my feelings resemble a yo-yo.
The dichotomy is composed of extreme contentedness, joy, and excitement about
the independence and adventure I will experience and in opposition, great fear
of the unknown and sadness about missing my people whom I love back in
Texas. The good thing though is that the
more overwhelming emotion is that of positivity and hope. I have been in Europe since the very end of December, so I am thankful I have had time to get over jet lag already. I am going to be staying in a hotel in Frankfurt for a day by myself before the program officially starts though, and I am fairly nervous about carrying all my luggage and figuring out the shuttle by myself.
I have reflected a lot upon expectations lately. I think
expectations have a powerful effect on outcome. I am not yet sure what the
ideal formula for forming expectations is in order to maximize positive
outcome, but I do know that we, as humans have the ability to form complete and
changing expectations. This has a definite correlation to how we interact with
the situation when it finally arrives and even beyond that, to how we record
our experiences after they have passed. I believe there is a happy medium, just as there is with virtually everything else in life. For now, I am being fairly reserved with my expectations and am going to focus on "living in the moment" and spending energy on the present rather than the future.
So, cheers to a few months in Europe during which I will focus on being positive every day!
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