Passion...

Back home in The Netherlands, my adventure in Spain has ended! Although not finished as I thought it would, it has been remarkably strange. Going there trying to change an entire culture which in the end off course never was a success neither should you change a culture, as it is something of the people. In the end I just wanted to change the mindset or passion of the people, however, that to was too overly optimisitic. Over time I lost a lot of things, money, friends, time, motivation, more money, more friends and more time. Strange enough, one thing despite all the losses increased, I became more passionate about what I hope I have done in and hope to be doing in the future...

AIESEC is fantastic, once you really see the contribution and development of people around you on a personal and professional level, that's the biggest reward for the work we are doing. I've seen people grow, I've seen people challenge their existing worldviews, I've seen many things.

And I was so ignorant when I arrived in Spain, now more than a year later it got me. My mistakes, failures, weaknesses, all have been subject to change for the better or worse, it has changed. If I have become a better person, well that's not for me to judge I guess, but by the people around me. I tend to believe that my presence in Spain has not been for nothing, I hope to believe there is a legacy that I left behind.

You should leave footprints in the heart of other people, and you should seek those breathtaking moments whatever that may be for any person.

Now you tell me, did I leave footprints for you, was I part of breathtaking moments that were lived during the last year in Spain? I hope so, I want to believe I did, and I will do so in the future...