It's been one year since I got back to Sao Paulo. So here it goes something I was about to write some time ago.
Living abroad can change you in many ways in my opinion. People say I changed, though I didn’t forget the person I was back then but I guess it is supposed to be like this. Part of going and moving forward is to always be connected to where we came from.
You feel like you’re a child again, you have to learn a new language, culture, you meet people, get to know places and somehow you learn more about yourself. When you are left alone all by yourself with your thoughts , that makes you realize what you left behind, who you truly are and can be and so many other things. Hopefully, all kind of changes and small simple things come for good.
I was reading a text a few days ago and I found it very interesting:
“So you look at your life, and the two countries that hold it, and realize that you are now two distinct people. As much as your countries represent and fulfill different parts of you and what you enjoy about life, as much as you have formed unbreakable bonds with people you love in both places, as much as you feel truly at home in either one, so you are divided in two. “
“When you live abroad, you realize that, no matter where you are, you will always be an ex-pat. There will always be a part of you that is far away from its home and is lying dormant until it can breathe and live in full color back in the country where it belongs.”
