During all my travels one of these three things are that most noted, "How it must be difficult to travel so far away from your friends and family," "How it must be hard to live in a foreign place where I do not speak the language," or "how I must make new connections each time I travel."
I have received these comments so many times that I have begun to just shrug them off and state how I enjoy the challenge. That was until recently when I was talking with someone over all of my travels and they questioned to me "how it must be so hard consistently moving and having to make new friends and connections each time." I almost begun to just shrug off the statement, that was until I realized that I never thought of it like that. After it got me to start thinking about that statement.
It made me realize that it was one of the many things that I enjoyed about all my travels. Having the challenge to go to a strange new place, either in the states or in another country, and having to met new people and create new relationships. It is something I greatly appreciate as I am able to meet people from all around the world and from different walks of life then my own. I am able to hear their stories and learn something new from each person. And even though I have to say goodbye to those relationships it makes for a very exciting reunion that I can always look forward to. It allows me to reconnect while I take other travels through the world, being friends from all different places in the world. Those friendships allow me to also make new friends through their connections also. But above all, I think, it allows me to really learn what a true friend is. As even if you are not always together you still can hold onto your friendship no matter where life takes you. It makes me truly appreciate all the friends that I have made in every single place I have lived.
