‘‘Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.’’
‘‘Be brave. Take risks.
Nothing can substitute experience.’’
It’s one of the most popular quotes said by Paulo Coelho. I learned its meaning in my Erasmus time from the first moment I’ve decided to do Erasmus. I’m thinking about these days, It was not easy even though you dreamed of it since high school. It was my first flight, first going abroad, first, real-time leaving the family, first being individual. It’s scary for everyone to be in a place that you don’t know the language, culture, and anything except the bits of knowledge you learned from Wikipedia. But this is the growing-up, isn’t it?
All the regrets we have, All the decisions, All the happiness, All the memories, These are the things who made us who we are, how crazy we are, how brave we are. My Erasmus will stay special for me because it was beyond my edges when I’m thinking about all the things. I wanted to try everything I can do and I did. I’m not even regretful about my mistakes because these mistakes made my Erasmus unforgettable. It’s normal Exchange progress for school, yes but it’s including so many moral sides. I was afraid of my speaking of English, and I understand that I was right to be afraid. Right now when I’m writing this, feeling so proud of my progress in speaking. Also, there is another thing that I’m proud of; I’m more confident in myself and my life. Exploring new cultures, new meals, new friends, new rules, new places makes you feel like ‘I should explore more and makes you talking with more people, more trips, more feeling like you are ‘trying’. If you don’t know how to cook, you have to learn, If you don’t know how to go from Lublin to Warsaw, you have to learn, If you don’t know how to explain yourself in English, you have to learn and these are staying not permanently, these are will stay with you forever. That’s how you improve yourself for your future but at the same time how you changed your future too. It sounds scary but no, you’re gaining new goals and new missions. Most of the people who experienced Erasmus, looking for new ways to travel to other countries or all around the World, It’s the first step for change your view of the World and your developing character, at least it was like that for me. Reaching new things is always so exciting, right? It’s about living in the moment, decide about the future. From my view, everything I do especially in Erasmus, firstly I had fun and after that, I made it permanent in my head. That’s the meaning of living. It’s not like if you don’t experience Erasmus you don’t live… of course no! But for my soul and my character, that was the meaning of living and I found it on my Erasmus time. Every time I thought ‘’No you can’t do that Asli.’’ I said to myself ‘’WHY NOT?’’. I found a part of Asli I didn’t know and I liked her 😉. Love, Having Fun, Experience… I tasted these three things more in here and I’ll follow them for whole my life. That’s the biggest experience I’ve ever had and I’m proud of it! And the last thing, If you have a chance like that, follow it till the end!
26/07/2021
