The semester is winding down. I'm working on exams...Giving them and correcting them. Finishing up things before I travel. Cleaning, organizing, making new messes out of old messes, the usual.
While sorting through some things I hadn't in a while, I was thinking about when I leave China. When I have to pack up for more than a short trip and never return to this place. I will move on and this place, these things won't be here when or if I ever come back.
What a concept. In the short moment that I spent dwelling on this idea, all I could think was "What will I take home?" ...Followed quickly by "I only have two suitcases. Oi!" And all I could see on all of my things were tiny price tags. Indicating the amount of money I would have to leave behind me. I don't have my future planned out (who does, right?) but it seems like such a waste to leave stuff here that I might need right? (the key word is 'might')
So, as I was talking to my mom (she's a smart lady), she was saying that it would be hard to leave because "You're leaving a whole life behind"
....
Let that sink in.
A
whole
life.
Wow. I hadn't thought of that before. But she's right. (I told you she's smart)
It put a few things into perspective for me. As I think ahead to what I might or might not do. As I think about where my life's highway is rolling, China will be just another town I pass through. I made roots, I settled, but the road is calling again.
I wonder where it leads.
I know many people wish they could know the outcome, but for me I enjoy the excitement of the unknown, the wonder that lies beyond the horizon, and the thrill of finding out. I've got some time yet in China to enjoy the roots I've created here, but before I know it I'll be pulling them up and moving on.
Until then... and,
Until next time.
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