final thoughts

eu tenho que esperar por treis horas no aeropuerto. sigh.

i have to wait for about three hours in the airport before i leave for the US.
i can't believe i am going home. my life is still in transistion. while i will cherish the memories of the last two months, i ain't looking back.

my experience here has healed and rejuvenated my spirit. with this abundance of energy i am ready to move forward.

a few things i have learned about myself:

1. i can adapt to change

2. i am somebody (a la jesse jackson)

3. i am not afraid of the dark. i like the dark. makes you curiouser.

4. i am cute (especially in skirts)

5. i need ME time.

6. i can and should say "no" to people soaking up my energy; to wanting to buy thing just cause they are cheap; to hot boys (at least some of them). lol.

7. i can go anywhere i want to go

8. the further away i go the more i love the place from which i came.

meu deus! this place has been soooo good to me. it truly has. but i do not feel like i have to make brasil mine. brasil will never belong to me. it belongs to the brasilians. i think many people (including me) tend to want to make a city or a country there's becuase they had such a good time/experience when they were in that place.

i have been to several places that i wanted to make mine- london, den haag, paris, etc. but all this isn't necessary. i now believe that when you go to other places you can shake up your definitions of things, expand your boundaries. then embrace the new/modified realities you take back home with you and simply continue moving forward.

and that's exactly what i plan to do. :)

stay tuned for info on my foto album. if anybody knows how i can publish a bunch of photos for free online please let me know.