Movement

This is the last of my themed blog entries and it seems fitting that I am writing it on my last full day at Nkosi's Haven. For this entry I have chosen the theme of movement. I think the most dramatic movement I have experienced over these three months is the movement of time.

As I reflect back on my time here in South Africa I realize how much I have had the opportunity to see and how many different things I have experienced, from drinking umqombothi (home brewed beer) in a local township shebeen to visiting homes in Sandton and Pretoria (two of the wealthiest parts of Johannesburg and area) I have been able to see the contrasts that exist within South African society. Almost everyday I experience something new, even if it is as small as a new dish for supper.

While I am excited to move onto my next adventure (two and a half weeks in Australia visiting my aunt and family) and then my final year of university right now this excited is overshadowed with the question “where has the time gone?”

The cliche that “time flies when you’re having a good time” seems to be holding true for me and though I am still relatively young I wonder whether time will continue to move at the lightening fast pace has over the past year. I think this experience has really highlighted how fast time can move and to really take every opportunity offered. I will end this ramble with a quote I really like from Mark Twain. At this rate twenty years will have gone by before I even realize.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."