Did Eshan disappear?

The answer is “no!” I am still alive and I am still in China! I am sorry that I haven’t blogged as regularly as I should… I’ve been keeping myself busy, which I think is a good thing? We shall see! Well, I shall attempt to catch you up on what I’ve been up to here in China! But first of all, let me share one of my favorite quotes with ya!

During my time here, this quote has both challenged and encouraged me! I’ve been in China for a little over three months, and it’s crazy to think that I have about four more months left! But to be honest, it sometimes gets hard when I realize that I’m gonna be here for such a long time. And there are days when I forget what I’m doing here.

I mean, whenever you are at a place long enough, it is natural for it to become less special to you. It is easy not to cherish the time I have here. I wake up, eat breakfast, go to class, eat lunch, do homework, go volunteer, eat dinner, do homework, sleep, repeat. Sounds pretty boring, huh? Well, it depends on how you look at it!

 

 

When you challenge yourself to do everything that you do with ALL your heart, instead of half-heartedly, you start to see things a little differently. Breakfast becomes MORE than just breakfast! I mean, I am SO FORTUNATE to have a million delicious breakfast options every morning! And I know that, as students, we are SO lucky to be able to eat at the cafeteria (good food for ridiculously cheap prices)!

 

And going to class becomes more than just going to class. Instead, I have to remind myself how fortunate I am to be taught by native Chinese professors and to learn FOUR HOURS OF CHINESE every day! It is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity. And when I go to volunteer, I have to remember how awesome it is that I got connected with a Special Education School in China. I’m learning things I’d never be able to learn if I was in the United States!

 

 
 

I am learning to do all that I do with PASSION! Whether it is eating, learning, helping out, or even simply sleeping…hahaa J So I challenge you, don’t settle for the same old mundane life! If you do everything you do with all your heart and look at everything you do through a new lens, things start to get reeeally awesome and reeeally interesting!