International Counseling Conference

I just returned from the International Counseling conference and although the attendance wasn’t what I thought it was going to be the emotional expectation was met. This is my first time speaking at a conference none the less to Doctors and Professionals. I was excited to speak but I felt a few other people were nervous. I think I was given the gift of public speaking because I love attention and I love to spread knowledge and experience to others. We were asked questions about if we have changed from our experience, our initial impressions and how we perceived their culture. All six of us on the panel had very interesting learning experiences and we appreciated being able to share those experiences with the people in the audience. I spoke about how I thought the country wouldn’t be as industrialized as it is and how I was surprised when I saw a hummer at the Gaborone airport. I also mentioned how I am going to let this experience impact the rest of my life.

What can I do to help people back home and how can I come back here to help people. The best part about speaking in this conference is the high level of understanding. No matter what you were saying or how you described everyone felt what you felt. One member on the panel began to tear up and it was almost like a chain reaction. We have seen things that no one in America can imagine. How do we take this experience back home with us and appreciate things the way everyone else does, we can’t. I feel as if trying to explain this experience to people is like trying to explain sight to a blind man. No matter how hard you want them to understand the same feeling you experienced, you can’t. I was approached afterwards by a lady who asked me what I plan on doing about this and I had to be honest and tell her I don’t know yet. I will do my best to educate people, to influence positive change and to make people aware of their behavior and actions. Ignorance is curable, I am living proof.