Appreciation

These past two weeks have flown by. I don’t like it one bit. I can only imagine how quick the next three will fly by. My heart is already breaking. I have officially fallen in love with this beautiful place.

I think what I love most is the sense of ease I feel when I walk through Cape Town. I feel at home. I’ve always been a wanderer and go with the flow on pretty much everything in my life. I can never stay in once place for too long, but CPT feels like home to me (cue that Chantal Kreviazuk song that we all heard on bid day walking into our sororities, cliché but true). I literally love everything about this place and if I had it my way, I would spend much more time here than just a mere five weeks. (My parents shudder at the thought).

This morning I was drinking a cup of coffee while listening to Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones (one of my all time favorite jams) and there was a hush all around me. It was almost like time had stopped and God was just telling me to slow down and appreciate this moment that I will never have back again. Why do we always have to be in a rush? Why do I get one thing done and it’s on to the next one? Why can’t I just sit and just be?

So I am making that my mission for the final weeks here. To just appreciate this moment. To appreciate this time in my life. Because you never know what life will bring and when you’ll be able to live this dream again.

- Megan Gheesling