when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but it’s great [...] become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities [...] person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has

I didn’t think it was to far away to go. I had told her with great confidence that it was only a plane ticket away. That is not true. America is much further away than that. To come here was like going [...] culture; who I was. Today, I love Arkansas, and I wouldn’t want to go to school anywhere else. The school is excellent and the knowledge I have gained there is monumental. But my schooling has not only happened [...] from my own. It is this diversity which has been my greatest teacher: By living, working, and laughing with humans that are different from me, I have learned that my way of doing things is not always the

merits an acquittal From the pain and strain Of receiving so little Don’t you know A heart lives to give A heart gives to live A heart was born to love And that you can be sure of A mortal body is a blessed [...] vessel Where a pure heart is sweetly nestled Ready to give love and receive With every breathe it breathes Like the sun, a celestial body Radiating warmth and brilliance Like humans, capable of mending [...] broken heart with such resilience Love is the true essence Of a hearts presence Fear has no place In the sacred space Where a heart lives Where love gives Don’t you know A heart lives to give A heart gives