Friday, 9 July 2010

The wonderful gift od grattitude

This past few days that i have been sick, i have been able to be home and relax. This has proved to be a great blessing to me. I have had time to reflect on life a little more and actually calm down, feeling content with whatever life gives me. I have been away from home and familiar territory for a while and been sick here but have recived som cmuh love and help. The cook here makes me a special tea with differing things in it to help me(hadnt even asked for it, he just made me a cup and gave it to me, takes a while to prepare too) and it helps :P The doctor was really nice and helpful, came home to where i live and check up on me and is coming back tomorrow to see if everything has gone ok. he really showed concern, been a long time since i felt that cared for by a doctor :P Also my tandum partner has been wanting me to keep from getting sick so be bought me a scarf, and took me to the places that offered the cheapest medicin (hard to nkow in this place). in spanish class my teacher is really concerned :P and everytime i coughed(pretty outdrawn coughs) eveeryboy is class turns around bc they think im about to die. haha. I guess i would be a bit freaked out to but i aint termonally ill:P I am happy for this experience of being in a country where i feel all bevildered, it makes me both appreciate and also see all the small things that make a difference. Things done not out of duty but out of the wonderful gift of caring. 
i have also watched avatar for the first time togniht. it gave me many thoughts. Being here in peru kindof feels like that other world of the avatars, its a life that is different to mine and i wil have to leave it soon and go back to my reality, made me think that i just want to give this place my all and also embrace it while i can. Enjoy every moment of laughter, of food, of service, of learning spanish(i really enjoy that, our teacher is so funny too, such a charmer), hearing lovely accents from all over the place, wonderful adventures, wonderful ppl that i am so greatful god gave me the oppertunity to meet. Living in this house feels like one big happy family where everybody likes everybody and it's jsut such a nice atmosphere, you really learn to love them. My roomie is studying to be a doctor and she heard my breathing and then sounded really excited. "cold i please listen to your lungs with the stefaskope!?" (i really cant remember how to spell that right now:P). so cute, glad to ave a doctor in the room, quiet a few actually :P giving me tips and stuff. I always seem to be surrounded by them for some reason, maybe i will get really sick later on? haha
Part of the reason why i feel this great grattitute is also that i have been wanting to focus on gods love and been praying to feel it and right now i feel it and it is amasing and i want to hold on to it as long as i can. 

anyway. i really need to try and sleep now, was just way to happy to go directly to bed, been remarkly awake even if i havn't slept more than 2hours the night before. :P strange.
anyway..goodnight   

1 comment:

mike z said...

get better jen :)