Dawid:

As my time in Skopje slowly nears the end, I find myself naturally becoming more reflective about my volunteering journey. Stumbling upon the opportunity, struggling to write an application, accidentally missing the interview (thanks to my poor judgement of time zones) and arriving at the airport, all of this seems like it happened a whole lifetime ago. Upon reflection, time can feel like it’s disappearing in front of us. Even if we try to remain present in the moment it tends to be fleeting, and within the blink of an eye, we dissociate and find ourselves in a completely different reality.

It is easy to get lost and uncomfortable with the passage of time – but if you allow change to happen it can become something quite enjoyable and freeing. It is an inevitability, just like the turn of the seasons. So let yourself experience things, the fleeting and the constant, and try to appreciate them when the time feels right, even in retrospect.

Karolina:

I feel like it’s a really easy-hard job to talk about the future. Every being has this power. It is the thought that I can construct and shape, as well as it’s matter, in every possible form and colour. The  key is, in order to let the process flow – you need to stop overthinking…

My journey in Macedonia is gonna be finished soon, so its shapes and colors start to show shadows in my mind. What’s gonna happen after? What to do with the pressure of studies? How to shape my future? What colour should I choose? For months, I grew next to the Macedonian mountains. Now, the beauty of the plants that I grew with are slowly gonna show their flowers. Hopefully, when she’s (Macedonia) gonna see me the next time I will be like a colorful bird with strong wings.

Dawid Kościelniak and Karolina Kubera