Saturday, March 26, 2016

"Without a goal you can't score" -Unknown

Counting down the days until I embark on this journey with my team I'm constantly visualizing the city, its people, and it's culture.  Traveling around the world to an unknown place with unfamiliar things is frightening.  I'm not fearful of experiencing a new culture or meeting its people, but what I am fearful of is coming home with regret.  While in Nepal I want to maximize my experience in every aspect.  Regret is a void within you that never truly disappears and I want to immerse myself into this trip to allow no voids to form within me.  Every moment will be an experience that changes something within me to better the lives of the students and families that we will be helping.  As each day slides away the excitement builds, but so does the fear of regret.  On this adventure my fear will play no part because I will maximize every moment so no void within will take root.
Humanity is all about achievement and without a goal you can't get anything done.  My goal for this trip is to take it day by day, focusing purely on the task at hand.  Life is short and these trips are even shorter, but taking it one day at a time will stretch out that time making the most of each moment.  I have many goals for this trip but this is the main umbrella goal.  Taking this trip to Nepal one day at a time will allow me to put all my effort of everyday into teaching the students and helping the families with anything that needs to be done.  I want to make each day better than the last because there is always room for improvement.  As this trip nears, I'm eager to achieve my goals and drown my fears to make a difference in someone's life.