When I first got the email of my acceptance in MEPI and called my best friend who was the first to encourage me to apply in the first place, as she was a part of the 2013 MEPI, she said: “your life is about to change.”
Surprisingly, when I went to the embassy I heard the same thing from all other MEPIs and from the staff members and that made me wonder: “what is so magical about this experience that could change me?”
Now after a month of being a part of the program I got the answer: “a change happens when something big happens,“ as they say.
Getting the chance to be here, meeting this amazing staff and living with 22 MEPIs coming from different countries and different cultural backgrounds is BIG enough to make a change happen .
- Disneyland in Our UD Shirts
Today was my first visit to Disneyland, where all the magic happens: I saw magic , I felt it deep inside of me when I got back to the past and acted like a 5 year old kid again and all my friends and mentors were 5 years old again running and screaming and putting aside all the stress of life and getting over REALITY.
The beauty and the charm of the place remind me of how beautiful this universe can be.
I’ve never laughed this hard before, never had this much fun or smiled this big. I was in the perfect place at the perfect time and with the perfect company .
Although I was very sick , I felt nothing because the feeling of happiness and joy was way bigger then the pain I had.
- MICKEY
Now that the journey is about to end , I keep thinking thinking about the things I’ve learned from my friends, my mentors, the professors , the book I read, the children I met in my civic engagement and the guest speakers who were present during the program .
I’ve learned to never give up, to fight for what I want, to dream big, to act wise, to be open , to be ambitious and to believe in myself .
They were all wrong , I didn’t change , I just got the perfect chance to discover myself more.
–Amal