How do you know what is a dream if you never accomplished one? How
do you know what is an adventure if you never took part in one? How
do you know what is anguish if you never said goodbye to your
family and friends with your eyes full of tears? How do you know
what is being desperate, if you never arrived in a place alone and
could not understand a word of what everyone …else was
saying? How do you
know what is diversity if you never lived under the same roof with
people from all over the world? How do you know what is tolerance,
if you never had to get used to something different even if you
didn’t like it? How do you know what is autonomy, if you
never had the chance to decide something by yourself? How do you
know what it means to grow up, if you never stopped being a child
to start a new course? How do you know what is to be helpless, if
you never wanted to hug someone and had a computer screen to
prevent you from doing it? How do you know what is distance, if you
never, looking at a map, said “I am so far away.”? How
do you know what is a language, if you never had to learn one to
make friends? How do you know what is patriotism, if you never
shouted “I love my country!” holding a flag in your
hands? How do you know what is the true reality, if you never had
the chance to see a lot of them to make one? How do you know what
is an opportunity, if you never caught one? How do you know what is
pride, if you never experienced it for yourself at realizing how
much you have accomplished? How do you know what is to seize the
day, if you never saw the time running so fast? How do you know
what is a friend, if the circumstances never showed you the true
ones? How do you know what is a family, if you never had one that
supported you unconditionally? How do you know what are borders, if
you never crossed yours, to see what there was on the other side?
How do you know what is imagination, if you never thought about the
moment when you would go back home? How do you know the world, if
you have never been an exchange student?
How do you know what is a dream if you never accomplished one?
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Oct 30, 2011 11:21pm