With just a week left until I head back to bonnie
Scotland, I’ve been reflecting a lot on this past year. I’ve been chucked out a
house, locked out my flat, met some incredible people, gained some hugely
useful life and work experience, visited some unforgettable places and learnt
from it all. All in all, I am blessed beyond belief to have had this
experience. Throughout everything, I was reminded of the wise words of Hannah
Montana “Life’s what you make it so let’s make it rock.” LOLZZZ. But for reals,
before I came away I was asking a friend who had done a similar year what I
could expect, and she said “It is what you make it.” That stuck with me, and
helped me really appreciate everything as it was happening.
I also have a newfound appreciation for home. It’s been
said a million times that love is like coming home, and I count myself
incredibly blessed to know that my home IS love. This is where I crack out some
linguistic awesomeness: The Spanish for “I miss you” is “Te echo de menos” and
actually comes from the Portuguese “Achar menos” which means “feel the need of/for”
or “to find oneself less than before.” I love this because it describes pretty
perfectly how I have felt this year. Yes, I have missed my family and friends,
but more importantly, I have realised the need I feel for them. Language can be
beautiful.
I’m now facing the beginning of my Honours course,
where I’ll spend a semester in Glasgow then one in France somewhere, then after
that I’ll enter my final year and (if I pass) I’ll graduate in 2016! I’m saying
this deliberately, because I’ve learnt this year that it doesn’t help to live
your life constantly thinking about the next thing and the future. Don’t get me
wrong, I definitely have goals and I have a loose plan for my life...but God
has an even greater plan for me and I’d never forgive myself if I missed his
plan by being so focused on my own. Life is beautiful. I don’t know when it
became cool to be cynical, or naive to be optimistic, but I don’t care. Life is
truly beautiful, and you only see it when you stop to pay attention to the
beauty that exists all around us. As a Christian this is something close to my
heart. I want to be able to tell God that I marvelled at His creation every
chance I got. The smile on the face of a loved one, the smell of home, the joy
of laughing with old friends, the strangers who accept you and treat you like
one of their own, the heavy nostalgia when you hear certain songs, the treasure
of shared memories. How incredible is this life?!
This is why I will forever choose to go on Wandering through
this life in Hope, Faith and Love.
Thank you so so much to everyone who has followed me and encouraged me this year, I hope I was able to bring a bit of joy and humour to your day!
Dios te bendiga,
Eilidh
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