Well I certainly had hoped to post more often on here but India is turning out to be a somewhat difficult place to find e-mail and phone service. So if you can let my mom and dad know i am OK I would much appreciate it. I am 4 days away from actually coming home which oddly seems bitter sweet and sad. I did not expect to be attached to a country so different from my own, there is lots i will not miss like horns insesently honking, the crazy crowded streets and well just having my oewn space but at the end of it all I feel so utterly blessed to have come on this journey. There is much I certainly would have liked to extend as there were people and places that moved me in ways I can not put into words right now.....and it's almost like leaving a loved one and missing them. With my journey is almost coming to a close I find myself wishing I could go back to certain moments inorder to do over or simply take in the moment again...and to be honest it is now that I am feeling that I am getting into the swing of things ...not to mention that I realize I have to go back to work and reality.
Kolkota how does one put it into words......busy is what comes to mind yet underneath it all there is order within what I would precieve as confusion. Loretto school is must destination for any visitor and feel blessed to have meet sister Cyril....when she spoke I felt as if i were the only person in the room.....she spoke in a way that so made sense to me ......and while we were strangers I could not help but feel connected to her and her vision for the girls she works with......one of my fellow travellers asked where did your vision for this school come from and she said her heart.......people may be confused by her answer but it made all the sense in the world to me. she has a quote in her office about leaving heart prints on people and that is what is one lasting impression I hope to bring back to Canada. It is evident that the girls of this school love this woman because she cares and is leaving heart prints on each and everyone of them.
Kokota is a place I could see myself visiting again as there is much work to do to help people less fortunate. We visited Sister Teresa's tomb and her mission and I have not decided if i will spend the day with the missionaries. I had an extremely moving moment prior to arriving in kolkota when we visited a ashram for people who have contracted leprosy, hiv and TB. We walked into a room with woman who have , are now disfigured and basically not wanted by society including family...simply put they are alone. I saw this woman with the brightest eyes...she had no fingers or toes and I don't know what happened but in the next moment her and I were hugging....she was so happy to have someone acknowledge her......in that moment I can honestly say that my heart led me. I hugged her and it felt so right.....and looking back I am not sure who needed the hug more. She began to laugh, took my face in her disfigured hands and kissed my cheeks. I was moved and humbled beyond words.......I could not help but cry and must say that the world in that moment seemed so real, simple, small and yet loving......
it's sad to think you need to come half way across the world to realize just how lucky you are....yet to realize that it really does not take much to connect with people and feel true love......it reminded me just how scared so many of us are to love...including me.
That simple moment spent with her will stay with me forever.
My intention today for those who read this is that you love as much as you get and let those around you know how much you care.....and when possible share that love with those who need it more than you might ever know possible!
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