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Good inspiration! So let me tell you a little bit about my life and feeling so far...
Yea for me! I read the above like this "Lifei snow here". Good enough... ;-)
I am feeling quite a bit homesick at nights and sometimes throughout the day, but my mom or my self will always tell me- we're only here for a year with less than 10 whole months left so lets keep treasure every moment! Now that I'm in school, time can change from very fast to very slow from time to time.
Clarification: My teacher's name is spelled Bitten but it is pronounced like beaten/ bidden (Bee- din).
Also, I can understand both languages very well, but when someone tells me something I sometimes can't remember if it was in English or Danish... Oh well! I also find that I'm starting to think more in Danish and even talk to my mom more in Danish....;-)
"Life is now here." Words to live by!
ReplyDeleteOk I read that as "Life is nowhere" which are not words to live by. I like how you read it much better, Danya.
ReplyDeleteLife is now here!
ReplyDeleteA teacher's named pronounced "beaten". Hmm. I think I had him in high school . . .
ReplyDeleteThe saying is something you/we have our entire lives to contemplate, birth to death.
I once read a book entitled, "Life is real only then, when I am."
It's not something to be taken lightly. I think it should be taken more as a form of prayer than a common saying.
In Wolof (a language widely spoken in Senegal), the common greeting and response are:
Na'anga def? (How are you?)
Ma'anga fi rek (I am here, only)
I've always found this interesting, particularly when used by people who are typically much more "present" and less consumed by things than we are in the developed world.
Big thoughts. A good reminder to slow a little, and look into the things what's around you, to impress the memories, so they are vivid and less likely to be forgotten. Perhaps it will be easier if you continue blogging, which allows you to describe your experience from a more removed perspective. Often habit and routine makes it more challenging to see.