Grassy and Wanting Wear

I do hope to find my natural talent, apply it with passion to the causes I believe in to change the world. I hope Peace Corps will be the initial experience that opens the first door to this path. I must make a contribution to improve this earth before I die. I just have to! I know I’m an Idealist, but the world needs us dreamers.

 Medical stuff is on going but not too much left, hopefully all the paperwork/bloodwork has been done correctly and that can just go smoothly (unlikely). I’m ready - I want to go, Pacific Islands, South America, China, Jordan….anywhere, let’s do this thing!

I am a little nervous, it’s a long time to be away from the people I care about. I am worried about what if something happens to my family, will I know in time, can I make it to them quickly. I don’t know. But I’ve never been someone to let fear prevent me from living my life the way I want to. You can’t grow unless you stretch your limits, right? That usually involves fear and pain. That’s what I’m going through now, I’m over thinking it. If I could just go now! Man, if I didn’t go though, it would be a HUGE regret in my life.  

LIVE Life everyday, never have regrets.

This seems so appropriate for all areas of my life right now.

 UPDATE: Nominated for Business Advising program in the Pacific Islands because I didn’t have the language requirement for C./S. America. From what I could read on the Peace Corp website I found that the possible islands were: Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa, Micronesia and Palau. Of those, two that listed a business position were Vanuatu and Tonga. Time to do some research!

So no NGO development :(. Oh well, moving on!

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