February 15, 2020 Made 3 Years
February 15, 2020 was 3 years since I landed in China.
If you have just started following me. I am a Business Professor at a University in Changchun, China. How I came to live in China, well that is a story for another post. This post I just want to talk about the past 3 years. All I can say is that I have had some good times, I have had some bad times, and I have a lot more time living aboard. When I tell people I live in China, the first thing they usually ask is if I like China. When I would first get this question, I would say yes. Now, I like to clarify my answer and be authentic. I tell them, Its not China that I like, I like who I am Becoming, Being and Sustaining. That is what I like about China.
It was in a land of sameness that I started to embrace my uniqueness. It was in a land where their values and beliefs are different than mine, that I learned to embrace my values and beliefs. It was in a land on the other side of the Pacific where I learned to just be. This is what I like about Chine, I like ME. You are probably thinking well couldn’t she have done all this in her home country. All I can say is, that God had other plans, and he needed me to be here to learn this. Why? I don’t know sometimes we just have to let God have his way, and not fight him on it. That is what I am learning while here. Somethings you can not figure out becuase there are so many moving parts. We just have to know our part and live within that. We have to learn ourselves, have an increase self awareness, so we know how we act, and how this effect us. I believe this is all that we have, and this is living.
I am sure you think I am about to talk about the bad, NOPE, Ain’t going to do it. Just know that some bad has happened, but its a part of life. I choose to take the bad with the good, and learn from each one. I will talk about both, however, I choose to focus on the good and learn from the good and the bad. I have learned that how we think effects our mood and our perspective of life. Living abroad, there are many things I can focus on that its not like the U.S. or that is not how I do it. If I did this I am sure I would not be writing about it was 3 years, becuase all the negativity would get to me and change my perspective. You see there are things that are not like the U.S. or not like how I would do them, however, I have to remember I am not in the U.S. and they are not me. So I try to understand, the story behind the action. I have learned to listen to the story, and within the story you will get to see the “What”. The “What”, this is the reason behind the action. For me, I like to focus on the positive, it makes life happier. I also like to know the bad becuase it keeps life balanced, and me.
-Until Next Time, Just Know, I AM My Greatest Me: Becoming, Being, Sustaining-
Dr. Pamela Kay Caldwell, aka Dr. Kay, aka Dr. C
