By In an ideal world I would have been thinking about my blog sooner than half an hour before the deadline. Then again, in an ideal world I wouldn’t spend 15 minutes trying to think of a witty opening line. Therefore, due to time contraints and brain farts this entry will be very rushed and raw. Actually, that is probably a good description of how I feel I am going to Europe. With so many assignments and readings, packing and last minute logistics, I haven’t had the time to mentally prepare myself to spend two months with the same 38 people, tenting, eating, riding a bus and walking through museum after museum after museum.
We talked the other day at one of our orientation sessions about the idea of being pilgrims. That really stuck with me, and I think it is how I want to live in Europe. I want to be intentional. Intentional about how I interact with my peers, intentional about how and where I spend my money and intentional about how and where I spend my time.
In an ideal world I would have more time to prepare myself to be a pilgrim, but then again in an ideal world I would have brilliant words to leave you with. Instead I will leave you with a few words from Enya’s song “Pilgrim”.
Pilgrim, how you journey
On the road you chose
To find out why the winds die
And where the stories go.
All days come from one day
That much you must know,
You cannot change what’s over
But only where you go.