I’m grateful for this beautiful world we live in. I didn’t see the beauty of this earth until I was serving my mission. My mom’s dream was to have her children see the world before they left home. She was determined to take me to Europe when I graduated HS, at the time I was not appreciative of this gift from her. I kept begging her to just give me the money instead. She won and took me on a 3 week trip around Europe. I wasn’t a brat the entire time and I enjoyed most of the trip, but I didn’t come to appreciate that trip until after my mission. While serving my mission it was like my eyes could start seeing the beauty around me. While riding on the trains and looking out the windows at the rice fields I started to see how beautiful Taiwan was and I finally started to want to see other parts of the world. I was finally grateful my mom made me go to Europe. After returning home from my mission I drove from CA to UT alone and I remember the entire drive looking at the beauty around me. It was like my eyes had finally been open to see what a beautiful country I lived in. When on road trips with my kids now I’m always saying, “look out the window, it’s so pretty”. I don’t think they see it yet, I think seeing the beauty of this world comes after more experience and time.
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