13 days in korea & what drives me.
It's been 13 days in Korea, and I have yet to press on a stop button. It's been quick hellos' and good-byes, exchanging names and backgrounds and forgetting them a few minutes after, etc. I have some time on my hands so I've decided to write today ✊
I will be lying if I say I am not physically and emotionally exhausted. But it's a very satisfying? exhaustion - the kind where at the end of the night you rest in sighs and grin as you try to fall asleep.
I can say without a doubt that the people we meet in life aren't simple coincidences.
I truly do think that they are meant to cross my path for a reason.
Especially as I am spending my time in Korea, I am thankful for the people I greet, encounter, meet, and form and maintain relationships with.
Lastly, I realize I lack A LOT. It's crazy how much little I know of the world, of things, of life and how I am able to to learn simply by having an attentive ear or engage in meaningful conversations. Furthermore, people in Korea are so wise beyond their years. I don't know if I am lacking that sense of maturity, but I am very fortunate to meet people that are younger than me and can teach me so much. I love it.
and that is why:
I think one of my greatest motivators is social experience. I’m an introvert and yet I get
my energy from being surrounded by other people. Some people find themselves
against a backdrop of peace and solitude but for me, I kind of find myself in the
people that I surround myself with.
But I think social experience is a two-way street –
in order to take, you have to give. At the end of my life, I also want to be able to say
that I lost little bits and pieces of myself to everything that I did and every person
that I met. I believe the mark of a good life is to share enough of yourself with others
so that in order to recover those parts, you are forced to evolve and constantly grow
and change. And when you’ve undergone so much growth and can’t even recognize
yourself after; I think that’s a mark of a good life.
So that’s what drives me – I want to meet all the people that I can, see all the places that I can, and do all the things that I can because I want to be transformed.
And with that end, I am truly thankful for all the opportunities :) counting my blessing.
Cheers,
H
I will be lying if I say I am not physically and emotionally exhausted. But it's a very satisfying? exhaustion - the kind where at the end of the night you rest in sighs and grin as you try to fall asleep.
I can say without a doubt that the people we meet in life aren't simple coincidences.
I truly do think that they are meant to cross my path for a reason.
Especially as I am spending my time in Korea, I am thankful for the people I greet, encounter, meet, and form and maintain relationships with.
Lastly, I realize I lack A LOT. It's crazy how much little I know of the world, of things, of life and how I am able to to learn simply by having an attentive ear or engage in meaningful conversations. Furthermore, people in Korea are so wise beyond their years. I don't know if I am lacking that sense of maturity, but I am very fortunate to meet people that are younger than me and can teach me so much. I love it.
and that is why:
I think one of my greatest motivators is social experience. I’m an introvert and yet I get
my energy from being surrounded by other people. Some people find themselves
against a backdrop of peace and solitude but for me, I kind of find myself in the
people that I surround myself with.
But I think social experience is a two-way street –
in order to take, you have to give. At the end of my life, I also want to be able to say
that I lost little bits and pieces of myself to everything that I did and every person
that I met. I believe the mark of a good life is to share enough of yourself with others
so that in order to recover those parts, you are forced to evolve and constantly grow
and change. And when you’ve undergone so much growth and can’t even recognize
yourself after; I think that’s a mark of a good life.
So that’s what drives me – I want to meet all the people that I can, see all the places that I can, and do all the things that I can because I want to be transformed.
And with that end, I am truly thankful for all the opportunities :) counting my blessing.
Cheers,
H
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