back home. its wierd. there's cars. roads of tar. 18 wheelers. cowboys. sandals. heat radiating from the sun. fat people (incredibly fat people). walmart. ugh. I WANT TO GO BACK. i realize how used to vienna i was getting. i love it there. the culture is so different. people do things different. they enjoy life differently. they speak differently. they drive differently (sometimes on the wrong side...or is it really the right side?) i miss the people. i mean, i love the people in LA and redding, but still. that place, and that experience, and that time of my life was really and truly awesome. i wouldn't change any of it. i wouldn't trade it for anything. every thousand dollar i spent was completely worth it. i was free to do whatever i wanted for three months. explore, meet people, try new things, enjoy culture, etc. FREE. still am, but with a little more work to be done!
i have been blessed to be able to have this opportunity. geez. i don't deserve it at all. i thank God everyday for what he given me in my life, whether this trip was involved in his plan or not, i am thankful for all the people and events He has placed in my life and am incredibly thankful for my family that is still almost too involved in my life :)
as great at this opportunity was, it is also easy to become engulfed in living for new experience. yeah, they are great, but they never completely satisfy me. they aren't needed, but they are definitely enjoyed. but i know this for sure...of all the places i was able to go, and all the things i was able to see, and of all the food i was able to try, and all the people i was able to meet.....the relationships i built with people in studio, or in my hostel, or at the church i attended, were by far the most important and most memorable. that's why when people ask what my favorite place was, i have to say vienna! i mean, the city itself is beautiful, and the food is great, and the subway is awesome, blah blah blah, but...what distinguishes it from alllll the other cities i went to (which were all beautiful and tasted great) was the people i came into contact with. the good times with had. the good talks we had. the jokes. the laughs. living life with them for a short while. the day to day with them. studying with them. working with them. eating with them. knowing them. influencing them. and them influencing me. seeing god in some of them. seeing god in the city. that's what makes the trip so meaningful. that's what i will miss the most.
maybe i will go back. work there? who knows. i graduate in june. crazy time at UCLA has gone this fast. seems like a week ago that i was starting architecture school, and now im halfway thru my third and final year. and i just spent three months on the other side of the world. time is going fast. life is short. don't waste it worrying about what might be or might not be. its not worth the time. you have what you have. roll with it. think less about yourself and more about others. love them. help them. give to them. selfishness isn't satisfying in the end.
im not going to stress about what will come after this phase of my life (where ill work or live). im not going to stress about school or temporary things that we are told are important in life. God has it all under control. we will see what He brings my way and I will be ready to follow whatever that may be...LA? Redding? (uggh) Vienna? the Moon? who knows what will happen. who knows if i will ever see the amazing people i ment in europe again. but if i don't, i'll still be satisfied with the time i did have with them.
that was a lot of rambling but its just what im thinking in my head right now. life is good.
God is good. Merry Christmas everyone that is actually still reading this. maybe i'll continue my blog for a while longer, if u are lucky. i know this is probably the MOST interesting blog you have EVER read. ya right! anyways, thanks for listening in. for now im saying goodnight. gotta rest my fingers for a couple weeks. we'll see if i can take some time out for this blog in 2010!
God is good. Merry Christmas everyone that is actually still reading this. maybe i'll continue my blog for a while longer, if u are lucky. i know this is probably the MOST interesting blog you have EVER read. ya right! anyways, thanks for listening in. for now im saying goodnight. gotta rest my fingers for a couple weeks. we'll see if i can take some time out for this blog in 2010!
ciao, tchuss, servus, arrivederci, adios, bye, peace, bonjour!
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