Hey yall! Lately I've been thinking a lot about how much I miss New York. If you didn't know, I spent a month in NYC/Brooklyn on a mission trip with Cru. It was one of the best trips ever! I fell in love with New York. I'm actually thinking about going living there sometime after I graduate college.
I always get the same question: "what did you love so much about New York?" Well, there's several reasons why I love it. I love that there's a variety of culture. I love that I can talk to a person from the U.S. then walk 5 ft & talk to a person from France. I love that there's always something to do. I love that I can be in a crowded place but feel that I'm alone at the same time. I love the diverse people I see walking down the street. I love riding the subway & seeing a performance. I love watching a Broadway show on a Saturday for only $30. I love walking through the different parks. I love that I can travel for 30 minutes & still be in the same burrough. I love that I can go to a museum for just a donation. I love that I can watch a movie in the park. I love that I can go to the same restaurant that we have in Kentucky, but it's completely different. I love that I can be whoever I want to be & no one can judge me, because everyone is different there. I love that I can go to a coffee shop & just chill for hours without it being weird. I love that I can walk down the street & run into a random celebrity & hardly anyone freaks out. I love that I can watch a play, & the next day I see actors from that same play eating at a restaurant with their families. I love that I can go to Stardust & see future Broadway stars performing & serving me food. I love that NYU is spread out all over New York City.
The thing that I love the most is............I get to talk about my Jesus freely! I get thousands of responses when I ask someone about who Jesus is to them. It's like being on an overseas mission trip, but I'm still in the U.S. It's cool to get in multiple conversations with people about religion. I hardly do that in Kentucky, & I think it's because I live in the Bible Belt & I know what most people are gonna say.
It's not like any other place. If you had asked me 2 years ago if I would ever move to New York, I would have said you're insane. After being there for a month, I call it another home. I'm almost obsessed with the thought of going back & checking out all my old spots. I wanna go back & see my friends that I met there. I wanna go back to the church we attended while there. I wanna walk down the same streets we walked down. I wanna ride the same subway lines we rode (usually the R Train). I wanna go to my favorite coffee shops. I wanna experience it all!
I know it'll be different when I wanna go back, but I know it'll suck me back in. The song "New York State of Mind" was pretty much written for me. If I could go back now, I would do it in a heartbeat. I love New York! Take me back!
I know I'm right where God wants me to be right now, but I hope someday he'll send me back. For now I have to keep going along with His plan & trust that he'll take me back there when He's ready. I'm just being needy & dreaming big. I can barely pay for rent right now, much less travel to New York for a week. Until that day I'll just dream about what it'll be like to be back in "the city that never sleeps".
But that's all I have for this post. Is there a place that you've been & desperately wanna go back to? Let me know. Until next time, have a fantastic week!
Live for God & Love for Music!
-Patience <3 =)
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