Wow! Just wow! What a brave couple you are. You took a huge chance with the job moving to Texas and then to give it up and take a non-profit job! That is HUGE!!!! Non-profit work is hard stuff. I have done quiet a few of them, but never to the extent you did. So excited you are finding a good place back home. We moved back to our youth home as well and are enjoying our families.
We also wanted to let you know, we have given you a 100% upvote, are now following you, and are introducing you to everyone we know. You can visit our post HERE
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Scott & Ren
Hi @abhaya504, lovely to meet you. I’ve enjoyed reading about your life thus far. It sounds like you and your wife have had some amazing adventures. As you’ve asked what I like to read, then I’d say more of the same. It’s great to be able to see into another’s world and yours is certainly more interesting than most.
As someone from the UK, who now lives in Ireland, New Orleans, Dallas and Cameroon are places I’ve only ever read about. Your writing could provide me with new perspectives on each of them, where I see them through the eyes of someone who has called them all home.
Look forward to reading more from you. 😀
Pleased to connect with you as well @juliamulcahy!
Thanks for taking the time to let me know what you'd like to hear more of. I have plenty of photos from our travels around Africa, India, and China that I'm sure will serve as great writing prompts.
And please don't sell yourself short. We all add value to the world in our own unique ways. The wife and I have just been blessed to have a bit bigger footprint than most.
One thing I can say for certain is that people are people everywhere, and places are places no matter where. We all seem to value the same things when it comes down to it.
Looking forward to getting to know you better when you pop up in my feed!
Hey, here I am again, popping up.
Thanks for replying. I’d love to see your many pics from your travels. Ooh! China and India too. I know it’s going to be fascinating. Virtual travel is fun!
One small thing, and I hope you don’t mind, I never sell myself short (well not anymore 😉) but I am prone to writing using the passive voice (upbringing) and so it may appear that way. But all the same thank you for your kind words.
It’s been a real adventure following @xcountytravelers and checking in on those they mention in their daily ‘Hey Have Ya Met’. It’s a lovely way to meet new steemians.
Connection is at the heart of my time here and I am very glad we are now connected.
Namaste x
I get it @juliamulcahy! I too sometimes communicate in an overly humble fashion (it's something I'm working on), but never from an internal sense of lacking. The reason I say I'm working on it is because I feel humility is a skill that is no longer valued much in our culture, and if we undersell ourselves, people will gladly buy at that undersold value. Does that make sense?
Are you into yoga?
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I have done yoga but my practice has lapsed recently x
Heard that! I've been an on again off again practitioner for the past fifteen years! And eight of the years I barely practiced at all I was living in a yoga ashram 😁
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Now that’s an achievement 😂
Wow! How absolutely awesome of you both @xcountytravelers!
Thank you for your kind thoughts, and for writing about me!
I'm going to head over to the post just after leaving this reply! I suppose you can call us brave, but bravery isn't really necessary when one decides to follow the call of their heart. Fear simply melts away! When we decided to leave the "good Job" in Dallas for the better job in Cameroon we committed to following our hearts in this lifetime--in fact, the meaning of my handle (Abhaya) means "fearlessness" in Sanskrit. It's been the family motto since that day.
I'm still green here, and I got sucked up into up-voting a bit too much as Facebook had trained me well to just hit the like key on everything, so my voting power is basically worthless for now, but I will return the favor when I top back up in sixteen hours or so.
I really like the idea of putting together posts that feature other Steemians--I'm going to follow suit. If I can ever do anything to help you in the future, don't hesitate to ask me to buddy up!
Looking forward to blazing this path towards a much better web 3.0 with you!
We are so happy to help. I really felt everyone I knew needed to meet you. You are so positive and I appreciate your posts and honesty.
Are you on Discord? If so, look us up please. I would love to chat.
Ren