... What have you learned from these past couple of days?..

so we are finishing up what for many of our group members was a life changing experience, and here are my questions that i pose to them, what did you learn?, what do you feel like now? how have you changed? (personally i thought i could close this session in 10 - 15 min - but 30 min down the line words and feedback is still coming..), here are some of the answers, i feel inspired, i feel comfortable, i feel confident, i feel i want to learn more, i want to develop further, i want to try more, i understand how my job is helping others, i understand why it is important that i do what i do, i learn to appreciate my colleagues, i learned that even when i dont agree with my colleagues i can still learn from them, i have learn to give and receive feedback, i have learned how much i can impact other people, i have developed a stronger team feeling, i want to talk more with my colleagues... and the list goes on and on and on..

(Valarmathi is one of the women that has never done a presentation before - it surely can not be noticed, excitement and passion are words that describes her the best ..)
there was a lot of great sharing points, but one thing that captures my attention was this one, "when i found out that Susanna and Martin, would come to train me in English i wasnt to excited, but today i dont even recognize when it is in English or when it is in Tamil, we understand each other, without even using the same language - because of the connection we have developed"..this for me is incredible .. and to be honest - i am very very proud of what we have achieved till now ... and there is still 4 days left of our stay - i am going all out here to ensure we get maximum out of our stay here..

.. oh i almost forgot to mention that today is Valarmathis birthday so the team decided to get a cake for her, i guess birthday cakes are the same everywhere you go.. so all in all a sweet end to a very nice day ..

(i didnt count the candles on the cake - i am not that rude .. :-))