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February 26, 2007
Flexibility
I’ve been talking a lot with friends and family about what it means to be flexible and I thought I’d share with you some of these thoughts. Hence, I’ve appropriately titled this entry: “Flexibility”.
You know, in a world where there is constant encounter between different types of people from all walks of life, it’s important to be flexible, to be open minded, and to be respectful. And that’s exactly how I’m taking my study abroad experience. Coming into this experience I understood that life in Mexico is strikingly different than it is in the United States (and it is, believe me). And I understood that uprooting my Americanized way of thought—my American life—and merely transplanting it in a foreign country would be a detriment (to say the least), to any learning or growth here. But being flexible doesn’t mean learning to starve myself, or sleeping during the day and staying awake at night, or partaking in any abnormal practice. It means learning to learn about others.
That’s why flexibility is so important. And so easy. Because in reality, when you’re flexible, you see that we’re merely all the same—we all have a strong interest in family and love, intellectualism and friendship, music and technology, health and peace. It’s merely just the small differences in language, climate, food, and whatnot that divide us.
I don’t know if this entry made any sense, but you should think about it.
I guess what I’m trying to say is being flexible isn’t really that difficult at all.
Posted by jlsumich at February 26, 2007 11:44 AM