So another adventure begins for me..me Juanita Kwarteng
Its been a summer of dreams. A summer like no other. For as long as I could remember, I 've been afriad of living. My mom has been trying to tell me this for awhile..but it was not until this summer I understood. I never believe that I could make my dreams come true so I ran away from in the sense that I would fail. Call it lack of confidence. Lack of convinction. Its who I was. I was not a dreamer nor a person that was ever destined for success because I didnt think it could happen to a girl like me.

But for the first time in my life, I went for it. I went for the dream. I went for the dream of going to India. I had been to India when I was fifteen and I had always wanted to go back. But there were many things that plagued me. For example, I was not very content with my LC, I was sick, and I was tired of living my life based on the ideas of others. But I went for it anyways because I was tired of looking at other people achieving their dreams and watching mine fade away into the wind. I was tired of congratulating everyone but myself. I was tired of wishing that I was someone else. That despiration to see the person I could be inspired me to take a journey like no other. Inspired me to live my first dream: my CEED in Baroda!

Its fucking brilliant! The conferences, the debates, the heat, the poverty, the floods, the people...its the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. But I did it. For the first time I concieved, believed, and achieved. I've noticed that some people grow up with this feeling and have it their whole lives. While there are others where it takes time to be nurtured and develop..like me!

For the first time, I'm happy being me. I'm happy being me because I have the ability to make all my dreams come true any second any moment of my life. Thats makes me proud and makes me want to be bigger than I've ever been. The biggest battles we fight will always be within us and I have doubt that will continue on my entire life. I will use my will power to make all my dreams come true.

To be honest, Im not sure who to thank for this new found revelation-all my amazing friends at AIESEC baroda, the crazy reality that I was living in Canada, my parents, my grandmother..god...everyone I've met a long the way.i'm not sure to be honest. I'm thinking everybody.

The biggest gift that this summer has given me is the power to believe in myself. The power of my dreams, the power of discipling your mind and soul so that you can work towards everything you want in life. I think that working for your dreams is a harder route to take in life but more rewarding. Its hard to rise and fall...its hard to look at situations and circumstances and be optimistic. But if you believe you can concieve and can achieve....(thank you IC)

So I thank the world Im thankful for myself and my life because I know that I will be successful...I know that shit will hit the fan and I'll ge through it because I believe that I will.
Thanks AIESEC Baroda..thank you aiesec..thank you friends ,thank you family, thank you god...

I'm starting a new adventure in my life. I'm going to back to Canada as a different person. I've changed in the sense that I believe in myself more. I believe that home is inside a travelling nomad as the most difficult thing about travelling is that you have to leave a part of you behind so with so many homes around the world its hard to have one...so you lock everything inside of you..and you take all your homes with you everywhere you go.

adios world
juanita