After putting my 'investigating of my desire to volunteer abroad' on the back burner - due to other responsibilities - strangely enough, resources began finding me. This further illustrates the belief that: Anything your heart desires will come to you (aka imagining what you want will bring it into being).
First thing that happened: My aunt gave me the contact information of someone she knows through work. The daughter of a coworker had volunteered abroad multiple times, one time of which was in Africa. I immediately jumped on this opportunity and began addressing her with questions. She has been most helpful.
Second thing that happened: Having accumulated multiple Oprah magazines over a one year span, I decided it was time that I finally tackle the reading. Upon opening one of the magazines, something fell out of a page. It was an informational brochure and congratulatory letter from a international volunteer program that I was accepted into. I had stuffed my mail in this magazine months ago, and only now was I coming across it. Ironically enough, the mail was randomly stuffed inside an article about discovering yourself in Africa. Coincidence? I think not.
Third thing that happened: After gaining inspiration and insight from this article, I decided to directly address, via Facebook, the international volunteer program I had recently applied to online. I stated that I desired to speak to a past volunteer. Within 24 hours, a past volunteer commented back introducing the idea to Facebook message her with questions. I just made a second contact! Words cannot describe how fortunate I feel to have so many connections to relate to. Along with addressing my questions and concerns, she suggested I follow a person's blog that she knew who had volunteered in Tanzania (my desired destination) and blogged about her entire experience.
Below is the website of the author of the Africa article mentioned above.
Creating Your Right Life
All of these instances made me realize that this is a burning desire within me that I just cannot ignore.
"Where our attention goes, so go our lives."
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