new life

(this is FRANSCHHOEK - my new home)

life has changed so fast around me it has taken me almost a year to adapt to the change. and i am not done yet. it has been ten months since i exchanged europe and the uk for africa after three unforgettable years. but it was time to return to my roots. time to live new dreams and face new challenges. realities differ and so does the circumstances. but none the less. all of it is worthwhile. your role that you play in society changes. you are no longer in cognito. you are no longer a stranger. you are known and recognized. familiarities return. people tolerate and they dont celebrate you as a person. you learn to deal with different types of discrimination all over again. it is an ebb and flow of emotions and feelings. then you realize....people will always remain just that...PEOPLE. Fallible and indifferent to change.
but i on the other hand have embraced the changed. a new life. filled with new adventures. different adventures. some challenging. other life changing. like opening your life to make space for one more. massive. massive. massive. then you think to yourself. have i been this shallow all along. have i been this selfish.
at the end of october my life will change forever. FOR THE GOOD. never to be the same again. i will embark on a journey that will open doors and new opportunities. why. because that is how life works. some things have to die for new life to grow. there are things in me that has to die. cos it will give way to new life.
i am excited about this new chapter. thus i lay the challenge before you. is it not time that you write a new chapter in your own life...