Monday through Wednesday at work
were pretty normal days. But even a normal day at Tafelsig is far superior than
a great day at any other job. I remember Marita saying “once you find your
passion you’ll never work a day in your life”. I know I’ve only been there for
about three months but I have yet to get sick of it and I know for sure I want
to be a medical officer. What kind of medical officer I still do not know. But
this trip has taught me so much about who I was going to be and now what type
of person I want to be. Ive learned that it’s ok to take time off and do other
things. I was going to go immediately to PA school after college, find a job,
settle down probably in New England. There’s nothing wrong with that but that’s
not the person who I am anymore. I want to travel the world after my undergrad,
maybe join the UN paramedics program, maybe teach English in Thailand or
another African country for a semester or more. This trip has mainly taught me
that its ok to live my life however I want to do so. I love you parents and
sister, and I am so grateful for this experience, but I don’t feel like you’re going
to be happy to hear I want to spend a bunch of my time over the next years
traveling the world. I could very well end up in the US, maybe even CT, but I
don’t want to resent my parents or myself for not taking these opportunities
when I can. And for that reason, I am going to Europe when I leave here! For two
weeks, I’m traveling London, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, and Dublin. I’m
really excited to go to all those places but I don’t want to leave here at all.
I don’t even want to go to Johannesburg for a week because I know I’ll miss
this place so much. But life is about experiencing new things, and so I’ll have
a good time and hopefully realize how home-like this place is.
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| Patrick contemplating his future while enjoying the present |
Our last day before Johannesburg was Good Friday. I had a nice morning of
running and going to Church. That night we had a dinner for Vernon.
All of us worked on a dish to prepare for him. It was really nice because I
feel like everyone was genuinely happy to work together. We’ve all had some
problems with each other but for the most part we all really love each other.
And although I’m not that excited to go to Jo’burg, I’m excited to share this
experience with all my friends.
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