154 days ago I hugged my mom goodbye and I blindly bored a plane to a foreign country. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but I had a lot of expectations and a lot of worries. And now that I have spent 5 months here I realize the things I worried about were unimportant and the things I expected were unrealistic. But I have however been having a amazing time, and I am so thankful for all of you who are supporting me and letting me experience this.
I look back at my first blog posts or journal entries and it's crazy how quickly the time has gone. Today is my half way mark here in Spain. 5 months down 5 to go. I love reading something I wrote in October and and realize how differently I see things now. Honestly I feel like I've changed and grown up so much. Living with different people gives you the ability to look at the good and bad in both them and the people you’re familiar with. And if we’re smart we’ll pick the good parts from everyone and adapt them to ourselves.
Another thing I have learned is the most important thing is to accept other people. You might not agree with them or how they live their life, but you know what? They might not agree with how you live your live. However, you can’t judge someone else’s life until you’ve experienced it. That’s why you have to go into every situation with an open mind, willing to change, even if the only thing you learn is that you prefer the way you live your life. You’ll never know until you give it a try though.
So I won't lie, since probably September I've planned to name this blog post after the Bon Jovi song "Living on a Prayer". And today while in the car driving to my host granpa's town, the song came on the radio and i just said...."what a coincidence".
