While I am currently living in the 6th district in the city of Prague, I cannot help but look back on my team's and my month of September in Viile Tecii, Romania. The majority of the lessons I learned were rather simple, like when picking apples, one does not need to be picky, but flexible and agile (let's just say there were a few trees to climb.)
When I was not in a tree, I was gathering with Oliver, my cohort and companion in this orchard in the hills that surrounded our small village, it dawned on me how I have had too many high standards on myself (and not just in regard to apples, but life in general.) As Oliver and I worked together, I observed him picking up nearly every apple (minus the rotten ones) while I picked over the majority of the apples at my feet. I am now aware that I need to be less "picky," if you will and more open to what life brings without the standards and without the reservations I once held dear.
