5 Valuable Life Lessons I Learned from The Dutch
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin
I was that child who grew up with an atlas. My atlas was the key to my happiness, my gateway to faraway lands, for I loved to travel. As a child, I didn’t really get a lot of opportunities to travel, but that didn’t stop me from dreaming about these faraway, exotic places.
I would spend hours immersed in books and my atlas (that was the era before smartphones and the internet!) reading about a place, its culture, history, and even about all the ancient civilizations.
When I read about the Mayan civilization, I had a great desire to see Merida and Ixtapa in Mexico. I would jot down notes in my journal, and make extensive plans about visiting all these places someday.
Thankfully, I did get the opportunity to see the world and even live a life of an expat on three different continents and four different countries. My childhood dream did come true.
But the best part is something that I didn’t even expect — I learned some extremely valuable life lessons, values, and skills from my life abroad that changed me and shaped me into who I am today. It’s been an incredible journey, one that I’ll be forever…
