I awoke this morning to the sound of gushing water. Seeing as i just woke up my frist instinct was to head straight to the bathrrom upon hearing such a sound but instead i remained still. I opened my window just a crack which voluminized the sound of a terrential downpour. All in the monastery was quite not a noise aside from the water pouring in through our center courtyard opening. I left the security of my bed to witness such a celebration of water free flowing through the open aired roof as the other tenants huddled in their bed happy to have a morning which they could rest. This week has proved to be a difficult one as most of us have been pushed to inches, some centimeters, of our breaking point. The overwhelming work, multiple projects, and stresses of living with adverse individuals had played hard on all of us tenants and was clearly written on our sleep deprived, tired, and fragile faces. Yet in this new profession to which we are all striving for proper certification, this sometimes can be the life.
While the entirity of us march back and forth between projects a single thought flickers in the back of our overworked brains. " What will i do when the course is done". For some of us living in the monastery a clear answer can easily be provided. But those of us, myself included who have opportunities back in their home country as well as opportunities here are left to ponder this lurking question, the purple elephant in the room, when we have a freee moment away from making lesson plans and cutting out stast from construction paper. My biggest decision in all of this comes down to a single word to which i feel the average person, and boldly the average American lacks: happiness. I am not refering to happiness, but True happiness, the ability to be in contact with your soul and inner being and instead of finding it weighed down with the pressures of life, sadness, and societies norms, to be ignited in full flame. Since coming to Spain i have found that my inner fire, that had been burning so very brightly when i lived in Italy as well as my senior year of college came to dwindle with worry and the real world. My visit to Spain has rekindled the inner spirit and for that i am truly grateful and happy beyond to be expressed in simple English. As a great man once said " Often times in life our inner fire goes out and is extinguished. That is until we come into contact with certain individuals who reignite the inner spirit and for that we should truly be thankful."
xoxo
Worldly Woman
Song of the day
Song: Breathing
Artisit: Ingrid Michaelangelson
A thought comes to mind that is quite appropriate. From the movie" My Fair Lady"....The rain falls mainly on the plain in Spain" Appropriate on soo many levels. In the movie, an English gentlemen is teaching a rough around the edges women to become a lady. He is teaching her proper English by having her repeat the line. There is great satifaction in the English Gentlemen to see the transformation. Just as you see it in your studenst and we see it in you.
ReplyDeleteSo apparently is does rain in Spain, but not always on the plain...even in the mountains.
In the movie, the women transforms into a beautiful, articulate women of social standing. I can't help but think of your metamorphosis.
The Eurpoean lifestyle has alot to offer. It is relationship sensitive and not time sensitive. In the States, life is measured in production units. In Europe, is measured by your relationships / friends and family. Quite intoxicating.
Well my Fair Lady, follow you heart and your dreams.
It is the brave person who seeks what others hunger for but do nt have the courage to undertake the sacrifices it takes to acheive it.
Ramblings of PB