Possessions in my hands will never be as valuable as peace in my heart.
I need Africa more than Africa needs me.
Although I do feel that I have much to give and much to contribute to Africa, the statement that "I need Africa more than Africa needs me" rings true. I need in my life all the things the people of Gulu have to offer. I need their warmth, their openness, their ability to smile and laugh despite their dark pasts.
I can learn more from them they they could ever learn from me.
And I know that no matter what I will eventually contribute, it will never match the ways in which every single person I have met there has changed me, made me stronger, made me better.
I want my joy to not be dependent on my circumstance.
Africa has taught me it is possible.
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