Maturity and Akko - part 2

I choose this post to share something that happened this week. Yesterday at a barbecue at work I got honored as an "Outstanding Employee". It really was one of the better moments I've experienced this past summer. Seriously.

It wasn't one of those out-of-this-life-transcendental experiences or not even fireworks-in-the-background kind of thing. It was so special because this gesture was an affirmation for me that I can go out to the world all by myself - and do well. That all the hard work I've put into my job and that I always put in everything that I do - is noticed and appreciated. But most importantly - that after years of ambition and wanting to be the best so that my parents would love me, at last I felt that this moment was for myself, not for them. I was proud of myself - and that's it. And that's why it was such a life-changing moment - because it showed me how much I've matured during this summer, independized and really gone through a process (that's still continuing).

So, in honor of that moment, here is the 2nd part of pics from my trip recently to Akko. This joy I felt there is suitable to this self-discovery - I am an Individual.

Theater and a Trip - Part 1

A friend of my suggested last week spontaneously that we'll go to a theater festival on Sunday. The festival is held in Akko, an ancient Israeli city up north, where Jews and arabs have lived together for centuries. It's a magnificent place, and I adore it, so you can imagine my excitement in light of her suggestion.

So we did that. 8 hours on the bus for 5 hours of joy in this harbor city. But most of all I think I joined my friend because I love theater so much. My friend directed me in her indie play last year and ever since that, this fire toward acting that has died for a while after graduating from school and theater class, was reignited. I know that it's unlikely that in this country I'll find a stable job as an actress. Or at least I don't believe in myself enough to pursue that seriously at the time, but if I could combine that with my "regular" life as I successfully did last year - that would really be a dream coming true...

I don't ever wanna let go of this feeling - this adrenalin rush right before the curtain opens up - it's mind blowing. Just like these pastoral landscapes from Akko. So enjoy.

Eend of part 1.