Today it was sunny. I mean it was proper sunny. Everyone, including myself at this point, tends to complain about British summer. However, today the sun came out and it stayed. Today I felt different waking up. I woke up with a spring in my step and I was ready to go in record time. I was running early as always and I had another one of those moments where I am walking in the city alone in awe. One of those moments in which I realize where in the world I am right now. Where I am headed off to and what I will be doing there. I have one week left exactly from this point and I am starting to feel sad about it. As my mind ran like wild and my heart fluttered with both excitement and saddness at the thought of going home, I began to digress. I started to think about all the lessons that I had learning and the realized I have made about myself. For example learning about my "need" for external validation or that things not going as you planned does not constitue as a disaster. The most significant realization I believe, that is woven through all of these experiences, both in striving and learning, was realizing my immense privilege. While I can just simply say great, sit back and enjoy reaping in all that is given to me. Something deep inside of me is telling me that I need to keep growing what I have got, and figure out a way to share it with others. This is something that I have been romaticisizing. I am not quite sure how, or when, but I think that this realization is the first step in a lot of steps ahead.
London - Westminster