Just hold the opportunity

        Just hold the opportunity 

   Everyone who applied for youth ambassador program has a big dream, the sensation of fail can come with the results. It's so difficult to accept that you didn't get something that you really wanted, something that you really worked for , it's depressive.

   EIP can be considered the light in the end of the tunnel, almost all friends that you've made during the process will be participating with you, wow, it's really nice, but, what it gonna change in my life ? Come on, I'm not going to United States, I will not fly above the ocean, I will be with normal people, from the same boring country than me and with nothing new to show me.. When you think by this way, you're just pretending yourself, you're telling to your brain that it's just a recompense for your failed. EIP is too much than this, it can change your life like you could never think about. The sensation of been needed, wanted, make you so proud of yourself.

   EIP provides amazing experiences, where you can share with your colleagues, situations, you can practice to see things that you've had a formed opinion about for other point of view, you learn to listen, you learn to think more about others, to care about them, it's like a good felling, a light inside each of us, that starts to shine more than ever. It's where you can see the future of your country, you can see that you're not the only one trying to change the world, it feeds our soul with hope.

   This can be the best or worst experience of your life, it depends only of you. You arrived here alone, you brought yourself until here, so, why waste this precious time just because you didn't got exactly what you wanted? Sometimes we don't know to give value when we still have          opportunity. Let you enjoy, make new friends, be free to learn everything you could. When I arrived here, I was just a girl from Valinhos,SP , and now, I continue the same girl physically, but inside of me, I have a piece of each part of our country, stories that I will be so proud telling my children, friends for the rest of my life, more confidence on myself and that feeling that push me to want to change the world by my way is more stronger than ever. So, will you stay there, crying because you're not an youth ambassador, or proud of your progress, for being an Immersioner, not because you're gonna have this title for the rest of your life, but because the confidence that you win, the happiness for been how and who you are and to have the power of change ? Guys, everything depends of yourself. Share what you know, listen what you want to learn, look for them that need help, BE YOURSELF, BE AGRESSIVE !

Ana Beatriz Albino, English Immersioner 2016 from Valinhos, São Paulo