This blessed plot…this England
As you may have noticed by the complete name change, I’m in London baby! For the first time in a very long time I don’t wake up dreaming of the Asian land I left behind.
I wake up to cold, fresh air and a skyline so beautiful that I stand there watching the sun make her grand entrance and I question if this is real? Am I here right now? Then the kettle goes off and the rich aroma of tea fills my flat and I realize that I’m finally home.
All new beginnings are special but this time it seems different. I feel like a new person. This is a new chapter in my life and every new chapter needs a quote to start with. This time I believe the only words that can sum up my feelings are by an old friend, the good bard himself:
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, this earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, this other Eden, demi-paradise, this fortress built by Nature for herself . Against infection and the hand of war, this happy breed of men, this little world, this precious stone set in the silver sea, which serves it in the office of a wall or as a moat defensive to a house. Against the envy of less happier lands,– This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
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