Félelem

 Félelem means fear in Hungarian. Today I went to a place that me and my best friend go to all the time, Agre Falls. This place has a waterfall with flat rocks below that you can slide on. It is a very fun place to go, yet a very dangerous place to go. The main attractions for this place are:

• Jumping off the top of the falls
• Sliding down the rapids
• Jumping into very strong rapids
• Swimming
• Jumping into a waterfall that has a secret cove inside
• Throwing logs into the strong rapids to see how they float

As I'm doing all of these things only one thing comes to mind... félelem. The reason I think of fear in these situations is because in every case, if you go the wrong way..... YOU DIE. No re dos, no start overs, you're done. This stays in my mind in everything I do while I'm at the falls. I'm constantly scarred, but even though I am always scarred (especially if I start to slip) I keep moving and don't turn back. I learned once, that true courage is always in having fears that you over-come. As there is no courage if there's no fear.

Agre Falls

The reason this applies to exchange is that people fear many things about it. It's scary to leave home for a year in an unfamiliar environment living with people you don't know. Fear strikes the hearts of most exchange students when they first walk in the country and understand NONE of what the people around them are saying. But, even though we have fear we must treat the exchange like my time at Agre Falls. We must have courage and push through the fears and continue on, and in the end we will have all had SO MUCH FUN! Just thought I'd point that out. Peace out yo!

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