As we all know the 'once upon a time' part of Hannahs volunteer story lets just skip right to the current chapter...
Hannah has been living in Ghana for four months now and month four was definitely the most unexpectedly eventful so far! Hannah's life did a pretty good job of throwing her off the path she thought she was firmly set on and re-routed her to one that is full of uncertainty and unknowns, but with that adventure and excitement! Hannah started month four in a very tranquil, calm, peaceful place and ended it confused, stressed and unsure...but she definitely wouldn't change any of that for the World!
One month ago Hannah could be found perfectly happy spending a weekend cleaning the house, reading books, listening to music, drinking tea on the veranda and soaking in everything that her surroundings had to offer her. Her mind, for the first time in a very long time, felt de-cluttered! There were no thoughts and questions to do with her past or her future, she was content for the first time ever to just live a quiet life of routine in the here and now for however long that may last...
But in true Hannah style life had other ideas (maybe because it knows that peaceful, chilled and calm are not things that happen often to Hannah) that she did not see coming at all...a Canadian whirlwind entered her life and took everything she thought she knew, spun it around then plonked it back down again all jumbled up! At first Hannah's tranquil head space was fine with this, because with it came new-ness, excitement and wonder! But then the whirlwind turned into more of a tornado and her tranquil head space became disjointed, panicked and confused!
Hannah suddenly had to think about her past and her future, two things she had completely given up spending time thinking about, she had to contemplate what she wanted from the next few years of her life as well as what she wanted in the here and now! Hannah was one turmoiled being as questions were being asked but her mind would give no straight-forward answers! She came to the conclusion that the Universe should answer the questions for her so Hannah finally found some space and time on the morning of her four month Ghanaversary to gather her thoughts and put her ideas for her life out there! Now she will just have to wait for the time when all those burning questions about the path her future will take are somehow answered...
In the meantime Hannah will try to find again that peaceful place she was at one month ago, but also enjoy and incorporate into that the different type of calm and happiness that this new Canadian whirlwind brings to her life! And Hannah can do this quite easily because she trusts whole-heartedly that the right decision will be made in the end, as just like in the fairytales she read as a little girl, Hannah hopes that this long drawn-out version of her volunteer story will end with a 'happily ever after...'
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