In the past few months I have realized that the only way to survive within a new country, culture, and- at times- world, is to embrace the differences, try (almost) everything at least once, and admittedly and openly acknowledge the smallness and insignificance of one's self.
While I continuously struggle to "fit in," to trust in God, and to find solutions to the almost daily slew of annoyances or mini-crises, I have found that, strangely, one of the greatest comforts in times of frustration and despair is to come across an individual in exactly the same or similar situation as myself. How refreshing it is to learn about one's personal reaction to a problem I had once deemed "insurmountable."
Thanks to co-workers, friends, and family members, I have fallen upon blogs and articles from development workers in placements around the world that shed enlightening and uncannily real insights to life abroad. Enjoy.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/mad-for-mumbai/story-e6frg8h6-1225934717682
http://lessonsilearned.org/
http://stayingfortea.org/2010/08/17/poverty-tourism-a-debate-in-need-of-typological-nuance/
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