day two. new challenges.

this time in a different country is so refreshing. and yet, today i experienced yet another challenge.

running through the busy streets of of a busy shopping center, trying to keep 13 girls together and trust they knew where they were leading me... i grew uncomfortable, unsure, and insecure. i knew that soonly i would be given another journaling assignment by my professor. another confrontation with myself. i didn't want to deal with myself today. i wanted it to be safe back at the manor. tucked beneath the covers like some scared little girl.

did i not come here for new experiences?
did i not come here to be challenged?
did i not come here to become something new?

and yet... all i wanted to do was run away to safety. silly brittney, did you forget..

let down your guard brittney. 
let people in. 
and see the places they can take you. 


after the whole journaling assignment. and the meeting of Sharon, the nicest, sweetest, Irish woman.. I also watched a movie for class.. of course, a certain quote stuck out to me::

it's fine that you look like that. 
it's genuine, you can use genuine. 


it's okay, be real. stop trying to have it all together.
be vulnerable, be genuine... you can use genuine.