Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Dear Lawrence, do you remember me?

Although Amelia started one of her new jobs in her place of birth (Nowy Sącz), in fact she didn't live there - she was staying at her aunt's home. She had lectures only at weekends, that's why it wouldn't make sense to rent a house or a room. As for her grandpas' home, it didn't belong to the family after their death and was inhabited by total strangers.
To tell you the truth, Amelia seemed to be fascinated with a new job, which gave her a lot of new opportunities. Working as a lecturer in National Louis University (WSB-NLU) was a challenge for a young woman with M.A., there weren't many Polish teachers of English there. The staff included mainly native speakers from Great Britain and the USA. Mind you , the Polish teachers didn't earn as much as their colleagues from abroad, though sometimes they were much better educated...
Two of the native speakers paid attention to Amelia - one of them was Neil, a typical Englishman suffering from melancholy or rather depression (fired after a few months), the other one, Lawrence was a Scottish boy of Polish origin. It was Lawrence, whom Amelia liked very much for his physical and intellectual beauty... They spent a lot of time together, discussing political issues, drinking beer and going for romantic walks. It was pretty nice, but it was over three years after - what a pity. It happens even now that he is still on her mind and she wonders:
"Dear Lawrence..do you remember me? I remember you very well."

You can't change the whole world...

No doubt, quest for self-knowledge and love requires constant changes, you can't stay in one place too long, you shouldn't have relations with the same people, you mustn't confine your life to the routine...
One sunny summer day Amelia told her parents and sister (who still was such a small girl) that she wants to achieve her goals and fulfil her dreams, ambitions in a new place, among new people. As usual, they had no choice but help her move out, they knew quite well that it's no use discussing this option with their daughter, she wouldn't listen...
This time Amelia seemed to make a good decision, she moved to Olkusz (a small town situated 25 miles from Cracow), where she got a job as a teacher of English in quite a good high school. Moreover, she decided to work as a lecturer in the best Polish College of Business in Nowy Sącz (affiliated to National Louis University in Chicago). Some faithful readers may remember that Amelia was born in Nowy Sącz and lived there with her beloved grandpas for about 3 years. Does it mean that sometimes we go on a long journey and then after many years we need to come back to the place, where we started it? Does it make sense? Amelia was pretty sure that it did make sense and she was so happy that she had made such a choice. No wonder the young woman was looking forward to new experiences, adventures, acquaintances.
"You can't change the whole world my dear Amelia" she thought, "but you can always be yourself and live a happy life, maybe in Olkusz or Nowy Sącz, it will be easier..."
Good luck, Amelia. You will need it more than you could imagine and take care.