I am home.
She said,
We'll all forgo a piece of our heart as well.
But truth is, you knw it's not just giving it away,
'Cause someday, someone will give you something to fill it up with.
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Yes, I have been home. It's been five days already. Since I left the place I have grown to love over the past ten weeks.
It has been an amazing experience - one that will have a place in my heart for ever, if you will allow me to be dramatic. They said it was a trip of discovery. But I find the word 'realisation' more appropriate. I used to care too much about things/pple that actually do not matter. I held onto bad experiences and allowed myself to be trapped. Something was eating me away, and I allowed it.
I have learnt. Or rather, rediscovered. How easy it is to smile, how easy it is to greet someone as you pass them by, how easy it is to thank someone, to compliment them. How easy it is to be unafraid, to take the first step, to fall and to allow your friends to pick you up. To be yourself and be proud of yourself. To be more aware, but less conscious. To laugh out loud when you want to and show your happiness.
I have gained so much over the span of ten weeks. I can only be grateful. Thank you. To all those who made this experience so wonderful for me. For letting me learn that there can be so much more to life.
And now it's time to make a promise and to keep it. (: