As we prepared for our flight home, there seemed to be many things that need to be addressed. And in the time of COVID-19, it means that we need to process documents and do swab tests to travel inter-island.
But it doesn’t end there. We also needed to exchange goodbyes to people we’ll be leaving (for a while). After a very long day and rather emotional smiles (because we don’t know when we’ll see each other again), here are the things that I learned:
- You may feel that everything you do is done in isolation, but most (if not all) of your decisions ripple and affect people in subtle (or enormous) ways.
- Who you have become is a collective of forces you’ve interacted with. Having this in mind, you must be careful who and what you let influence you.
- Even in the time where physical distancing seem to destroy intimacy between relationships, the genuine ones always find a way to flourish and grow. If you’ve got friendships that endure in these times, consider yourself blessed.
- If you think you don’t matter, maybe you haven’t met yet the people who think otherwise.
jessa 