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Goodbye Nepal

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It is the morning of our departure from Nepal. The last two weeks have been filled with many goodbyes. It has not been the slow and reflective farewell that I hoped for but rather an event of endurance as we race from one thing to the next. It was a goodbye that lasted almost 2 weeks and has left us exhausted but very grateful.

There are still many things we did not see and places we did not visit. But instead we have collected a wonderful group of friends who we have promised to visit again in the future. I feel happy that we invested time in relationships rather than tourist attractions. The people will be very much missed but have captured a very large part of our hearts.

So, as we bid farewell to Nepal to spend the next 6 months travelling, I feel ready. Ready for adventure, ready for a new beginning, and ready for the flood of emotions and memories that will live with me as I remember Nepal.

And while I will continue my reflections here over the next 6 months of travel I would also like to bid a very fond farewell to my Honouring Fridays posts. For a year of Fridays I took the time to reflect on things I was grateful for and it helped me transition in my new culture and share what I was seeing with people I was far away from. I have learned that a life inspired is truly a life lived with gratitude.

With lots of love,

Tlell

Sustaining myself on the people

As I enter into the final 24 hours of my work at UBC, I am just so touched by the people I have worked with over the past 3 years. They have made my final week brim with expressions of warmth, friendship, encouragement, and support. This both reaffirms my belief that people are the centre of any great community AND that community is an opt-in, choose-to-belong experience. If you choose to be “in” then belonging never really leaves you, regardless of where you are. I will always consider myself a member of the UBC community and feel incredibly rich in spirit to have been allowed the opportunity to work with such a talented bunch.

Thank you to everyone who has made my final week at UBC simply amazing. I leave full of gratitude, hope, and boundless inspiration from all of you.