As a person, one has the need to know and want everything, but do we value what we do have? A person's identity is based on those values previously granted by how your parents educate you and those that you learn throughout your life. What happens with this? Sometimes you feel like you don't know anything. You feel like you don't know yourself, so how can we know ourselves?
By learning to really value, take advantage of, and learn from those small and great experiences that you live with, accompanied by the people you love most and that make you happy.
Personally, these last few years, I have felt and totally believe that part of me connects with BBYO and our community as Jews. I am a BBG, and that makes me happy. That’s what matters. Knowing and understanding that what you are and how you feel makes you happy, and that represents your identity.
Some experiences that I have had in BBYO are the BBG separates that I really enjoyed with my friends and family, where I had the opportunity to encourage and connect with myself and my identity as a BBG.
Another experience that made me reflect was IC 2023, a trip that I don't even know how to explain with words. Because of the immensity of happiness, I felt it was really difficult to express it correctly. It was an opportunity where I felt that I belonged there, and that was my place, and I didn't want to leave it. Thousands of Jews together in the same place, isn't that incredible?
It is a trip that I will never forget since it made me grow in such a way that, to this day, I look for the words to express what I experienced there.
So, now I invite you to get to know yourself better by living unique experiences in BBYO by participating in trips where we can meet from many countries in one place through our community.
At BBYO, every step you take in the community is a journey toward discovering who you are or who you could be.
Luisa Cohen is a BBG from Barcelona, Spain, and she enjoys editing videos.
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