i am in love.

i really am. i love this country, this city, these people. its so indescribable because ive never felt this way before. even if this feeling fades im so fuckin lucky i was ever able to experience it in the first place. i went to my first aiesec conference in colombia this weekend, solidifying my love for the colombian people and aiesec in general. it was only a regional conference but it had the passion and caliber of people you see at international conferences. i didnt even feel a conference high...it was more a feeling of familiarity and placement. i felt like i had known the people from my lc for years, all of us hanging all over each other during meetings in that comfortable way you usually only see people in the us from the same leadership team who have worked together for months doing.

theres a part of me i feel was born to be paisa. there are aspects to my personality that are very strange and less common in the us that are completely commonplace in medellin. i was talking a while back with my friend julia about what we looked for in a place to live, and we both said we need that strong sense of community where neighbors are supportive just because of the mere fact that their neighbors, not because they can get something out of it. that exists here in medellin more saliently than i ever knew was possible.

i am slowly but surely falling in love this life and who i am in it.