"The emigrant's destiny: The foreign country has
not become home, but home has become foreign." - Alfred Polger (d. 1955)
Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited about moving back to Australia next year, but a good part of me is nervous and sad. I'll be very sad to leave this country that I love, this country that I left once and needed to come back to again. The last time I moved back to Australia, I went through nine months of horrible reverse culture shock, far worse than anything I felt moving to Japan in the first place.
When I move back next year however, I'm hoping it's going to be different. I hope that moving back with a purpose (business, home, family plans), will ease it all.
On a cheerier note, here are some others that strike a chord with me;
"You must be the change you wish to see in the
world." - Ghandi"If you have built castles in the air, your
work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under
them." - Henry David Thoreau"My religion is very simple. My religion is
kindness."- Dalai Lama
Thank you to Strawberry Kisses for this week's theme and to Angela, the fabulous hostess of This is...
