For now this is a goodbye...

So, around this time one week ago I finishing packing my things and starting to say goodbye to all the girls at the residence. I've been back in Europe for almost a week, and I can honestly say that I still haven't digested everything.
It's crazy how life is back here, we worry about the stupidest things and as much as I might criticize that I'm guilty of quickly falling into that pattern again. But one pattern that I hope not to fall into again is to let those little things hinder me and make me forget the big picture and the amazing experience that I have had for almost 6 months.
The human spirit is what I have learned the most about, it is something very fragile that we seem to forget. It is barely tangible here, but in the months I spent in Kinshasa and in the DRC it is the strongest thing that I came in contact with. It is beautiful and it is what makes us all alike, no matter where we are or where we are from. It is what brings us together...and unfortunatly what brings us apart. As corny as this might all sound...this is what I have learned, along with, I beleive I wrote this before--we accomplish the most in life when we don't settle for comfort...
So with these words I will not say goodbye, but a see you soon, because I hope to go back to the DRC in about 1 year for my masters project. :)