I'm sorry for the months I didn't post.
I'm glad I had you to help me stay aware of time passing.
I love you, as I loved you from the day I first freaked out at Johannesburg airport because I had to unpack my luggage in front of the lady I had just met who was giving me my passport. Maybe more since back then.
I'm flying out tomorrow at 5:30 and I cannot wait. I am honestly not sad to go. I am nothing but excited and overwhelmed and humbled by the love waiting for me when I land. I cannot imagine the joy of arriving home to my friends and family after not seeing them for so long.
Korea has been a life I did not expect to have. A world I did not expect to explore. I have seen new things, felt new things and heard some really strange stuff from my students, you wouldn't even believe. I have grown and I have learnt things.
Here is my wisdom from the east:
- Long, quiet walks in nature really do have restorative properties.
- The internet is no place to start fights.
- Being by yourself is everything you need, once you've mastered this being with other people is no longer like scratching an itch, it's a lot more like having your cup overflow with blessings.
- Human beings are hard to kill, hard to break and hard to swallow.
- Anything you can do Koreans can do better.
- Distance means very little.
- Tea: always tea. Just tea. It's a wisdom of it's own.
- Little Korean kids are easy to bribe with English games and candy.
I cannot wait for face time with all of you. Put me in your calendar. Invite me out, I'll come I promise.
Can you believe it's been 2 years!
TTAAABBBLLLLEEE MMMOOUUNTTAAAAAAIIIIIINNN
Love in buckets
The now unemployed Bashti Teacher
