Someone (well make that several someones) recently asked me to describe my experience in Scotland so far, and quite honestly, I’m sick of saying “It’s great!” It is completely true that this is the greatest time of my life, but as I laid in the grass near the loch on campus today (yeah, it’s still completely gorgeous here) listening to my iPod, a song came on that explains my experience so well- “New Soul” by Yael Naim.
This experience has completely opened my eyes to things I once appreciated and now take for granted and simply pass by. For example, this weekend I took a hike by myself to Castle Campbell. According to Google Maps, this hike was supposed to take 10 minutes- an hour later, I was still climbing. I did not even notice until I looked at my watch. I have been on many hikes before, but never alone and I never took so much time to appreciate what was around me. What I would typically see as just trees and water was absolutely breath taking.
When I finally made it to the castle, I learned that there was a paved path that took approximately 10 minutes to get to the castle. One of the many mistakes I have made here so far. (I have also double booked plane tickets and mistook broth for gravy, among many things.)
To better understand what I mean by all of this, I have included the lyrics of the song and a link to the video.
I’m a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…
I’m a young soul
In this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make
In this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make
la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…
This is a happy end
‘Cause you don’t understand
Everything you have done
Why’s everything so wrong?
This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand
I’ll take you far away
‘Cause you don’t understand
Everything you have done
Why’s everything so wrong?
This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand
I’ll take you far away
I’m a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
These are pictures from my trip to Castle Campbell and Dollar Glen that I mentioned.
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