I'm over it

I'm coming out of my initial disappointment with the China nomination and I'm thinking about the good things. I told my co-worker today about it and he said that it was an "honorable position". I know it's a bit ridiculous, but this made me feel better.

I also know that I can make a good situation out of anything. I don't like brooding and I don't like people who complain all the time. It's funny I started out this blog with complaints, knowing that, but I guess the situation was just such a shock to me. I had been thinking of starting a blog for a while and I suppose the nomination just pushed me to finally talk. Not about anything anyone wants to hear about, but whatever, hey at least I'm writing something.

I don't believe in destiny, I think we make our own way in the world; if I did believe, though, I could easily make a case about why going to China now would be one of the best uses of my Peace Corps time. I mean, China is on the cusp of something big right now and it has huge power over pivotal states like North Korea. I know there are a billion people living there, but if more people like me were to go and have some influence over just a few bright, up and coming students, we might really help to make the China of the future more flexible. I'm not going into specifics right now because there are too many places to start and I don't think I have all the answers. I do think Peace Corps in China is just a soft diplomacy move on the part of the U.S. and I guess I say, why not? Why shouldn't I support that? With the amount of power China has at the moment, isn't this grassroots diplomacy as important as whatever it is I had in my head I would be doing in Africa?

So, I'm over it. No more bitching -- I'll go wherever Peace Corps wants to send me and I'll do it in style. I realize I could even be moved somewhere else before all is said and done, so I'll just go with the flow.