Old and New Experiences

I have formed new relationships and adapted to changes and the old experiences linger on. My life gave me better opportunities.

Enjoy life and be happy daily and life is what I make of it. I am loving it.

I cannot live in denial that would take me to another place where I don't want to be. I live with the fact of life and face up to realness.

Life can give me anything I want, and when I want all that and more to make me feel good. If I do not do it for myself, nobody else will do or care for me.

I avoid dwelling on conversations and try to discuss my culture with my good friends. Sometimes talking is good.

I miss my culture. I feel like I have lost that part of myself, and I look forward to spending that precious time with my family and perhaps some friends.

Past experiences in my life.

My life was different before I came to live in Croatia and that is what made me feel good and strong about myself.

My personality grew stronger and more confident. The older moments were special and everything in my life was loud and not silent.

I live a much more enjoyable life.

Everything for me felt normal and good. A life I grew into with such great moments I could not just forget about my past life.

I know the old experiences taught me to be smart and confident.

Spending time with my family had always been pleasant to look forward to. A family together and with people who cared and still do care for me.

I did not have to go through any obstacles of a different choice in life.

My life felt great and so much to do together. The daily practices of my culture were another part of my life that fulfilled my life in many ways.

I did not forget my roots, where I came from and what matters most to me. Old experiences like good people, trustworthy people, and great personalities, are not often noticed in my new life.

Those who could make me laugh, and enjoy fun times together made me see life otherwise. Life was different and fulfilling.

I have over the years experienced new events and that has made me positive and smarter in all my ways.

Life is not what others want from you; life is about what you want for yourself.

Without your perspective in life, not much can be the way you choose it to be. I have a new life with new experiences.

Great comparisons in a new country.

New experiences such as:

• Learning about a new culture.
• To learn a foreign language.
• Meeting the different people in a community.
• Looking up to the different mindset.
• Foods have a unique taste.
• How I am affected by the challenges.
• Different climates to adapt to in the Mediterranean region.

New adjustments, for example, working conditions. The change in social life. Understanding the local people has been a bit of a problem. The living standards and the traditional lifestyle.

The much I had to put up with made me more aware of what I am up against in this foreign country. I opened my way here through my writing. My writing taught me to express my feelings directly. I know it can be hard to be direct to family or in a close community.

People rather see me, for who I am than for the false person who hides behind the pretence of a mask. I am proud of myself for being the way I am which brought me to another life.

In all, the old and new experiences have shown me the greater me from the inside. I don't believe in giving up and falling apart and don't believe in negative conversations, and I believe in a positive and free mind.

Today matters more than yesterday, so I chose to focus on the present and forget about what hurt me the day before, I won't go anywhere in my dwelling mind.

My mind is free from the dwelling. I know things will get better and the more I say it, the better it all becomes for me. I am not for myself but like to feel secure for my next moments and am friendly and not everyone can think like me and do like me.

I think and do differently, and don't repeat myself in any conversation. Once my point is heard I walk away from the situation.

I enjoy listening to music and those good moments make me feel happier and more alive. Leaving old experiences behind to make new experiences got me to another life.

I can't go back and think I will have the same old life as I had once experienced.

The change had moved mountains and caused many slippery slides. Old experiences are part of what goes on in any life, it is the new experiences that make you that original person.

You don't know when your life will turn around; a surprise is always waiting for you around the corner.

I am trying to get your attention to my new life and how it all changed like a flash of lightning and it still feels like yesterday.

The years have flashed by and I feel like an old tape recorder going on and on about my life. I won't let that tape, snap it would be my strongest line to success.

If you believe, then you have hope in your life.

I always had hope and did not fail in my thoughts of life. My ideas opened my eyes to another part of the world which I did not dream of.

When I found out and saw what I came to I learned to appreciate my life more now than I had before.

You can change in any way you want from the outside and the inside, you will always be the real you.

Changing the real you is not possible at any cost and feel great with the small new part of me and will always be me. I see life in my way as every individual would see their life in a much different way.

I don't think it would be a nice habit to constantly view your life as others would. After all, it is up to you to find yourself.

Finding yourself is important to you as I have found myself in a foreign country and other people's opinions don't bother me.

I listen but don't take heed to what they have to say to me. What works for me is that I practice in my daily conversations.

I practice what I preach. Strange experiences can make you the best person. The old and new experiences can make you stronger and smarter.

Don't sit by and expect everything to come to you.

A little effort goes a long way. I learned the hard way and will carry the experience along with me. am patient and don't sweat the small stuff.

I live by my good nature. My worst times are often frustrating and I chose to treat these times as water off a duck's back. Life isn't always a bed of roses. I feel good on some days and the days I feel a bit different.