Applicable Theory

Hello all. I thank you, everyone, for the warm wishes and hopeful transmissions. I am actually writing this in my room which, at the moment, has no internet. From the few times that I have been able to access the internet I have read nothing but warm messages and for that I am grateful. In the short time that I have spent here in Moldova, I have learned more about myself than I thought I was capable of. I am more responsible, more aware and definitely more tolerant of differing points of views. The unique point about this is that I have experienced more curiosity on the part of my American colleagues than I have of my Moldovan hosts. As of right now, I am in a place that is somewhere across the world from where I was born and raised, Los Angeles. It was my initial impression that I would be learning more about this part of the world and that my attention would be focused primarily on finding out what it is that it means to be Moldovan. As time passes, however, I am noticing that I am actually doing more exploring of my peers. Although we are all from America, I have found that the disparity between a Moldovan individual and me is the same between me and an individual from anywhere in America such as the south. It is blowing my mind how different and yet tolerant and accepting we are of each other. That said, I am amazed at the beauty of the human individual to not only be themselves when in their element, but the resilience of the human spirit when faced with challenges and a possible realization of what their lives might become. To witness this in both Americans and Moldovans fills me with the highest level of hope that I have not felt in a long time.