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Weekend In Jinja

~ Sophie ~ 2 Comments

Hey ya’ll! How was your weekend? Mine was fun and totally unexpected. The other week I was talking to a friend and she pointed out that I am from Uganda where the famed Nile is and then it hit me when I realized that I have never really visited the river. Shame! Anyways this weekend I got a chance to go and It was cool. I am so in love with the place… so many rustic places and the cool weather unlike Kampala. And the famed River Nile. I remember the last time I was there, I was a kid and didn’t really know how significant this river is to the world and now having to cross it back and forth for three days made me count my blessings. I mean seriously, this is the river we used to study  and read about in geography classes. The definition of Africa(I need to calm down. Ha!) I realize i am babbling now so I am gonna let the pictures speak for themselves.

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100_2582Hope you had a great weekend too!

🙂

Sophie

Big Big World

~ Sophie ~ 5 Comments

landscape-wallpaper-11aRecently, we went to witness my little sister get baptized and it was a priceless experience. I am so proud of her.  Her school is far so we had to pass through twists, turns, ups and downs to get there. What really struck me was the fact that every little village we passed through, there was a community of people. Even in places that I least expected and what ran through my mind the whole time was: ‘People live here too!’.It made me suddenly realize that the world is larger than what I think it to be and that it does not revolve around me at all. Sometimes we think we should be the center of gravity and everything else should simply comply to our selfish wishes. Talk about taking people around us for granted. But no, that is not how life is. Life is also about realizing that we are part of a bigger picture. A tiny spec in this magnificent universe.

This is pressing me to notice more what is and who are around me and stop focusing on myself only.

What have you discovered lately?

🙂

Sophie

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