Had the same epiphany about “expats”. And I like how you lay out levels of immersion and connectedness. And how if try levels can be deepened but not necessarily with everyone everywhere.
Also find different and yet related lessons about culture and myself depending upon my purpose for connecting. Feels like shedding and leaving behind, over and over.
Deirdre - "shedding and leaving behind, over and over" is a very poetic way to describe how it can feel to let oneself be changed in any committed relationship.
Had the same epiphany about “expats”. And I like how you lay out levels of immersion and connectedness. And how if try levels can be deepened but not necessarily with everyone everywhere.
Also find different and yet related lessons about culture and myself depending upon my purpose for connecting. Feels like shedding and leaving behind, over and over.
Deirdre - "shedding and leaving behind, over and over" is a very poetic way to describe how it can feel to let oneself be changed in any committed relationship.
Mmmm. True. Thank you for this.