It hasn't even been a week since what has happened in London and I have already received multiple messages asking if I'm worried to study abroad there now. No, I'm really not.

This has been happening everywhere, for a long time and getting anxiety now about the dangers of going to foreign countries will only restrict you from truly enjoying what you set out to do when you applied to study there.

If you think about how many events like that have happened in the U.S., why wouldn't we use the same "worried" logic as we live on our own soil? It doesn't make sense.

It is terrible what happened in London, just like it is awful and tragic what happened in Paris, Orlando, or where I even go to school--in Boston. I started school a couple of years after that had happened, and to me, Boston seemed like it was the safest city in the world. If I had no knowledge of what had happened in that area, I would have never even guessed it. Hell, I even work right near one of the bombing sites, and am I afraid every time I go into work? No, I'm only afraid it's going to be busy at work and I'll have to actually make an effort.

With places like Port Authority in New York, Copley Square in Boston, and now probably Westminster in London, you can expect them to be the most guarded, safe places for the days to come. As nations, we are all too smart to ever feel like we can be assured safety at this point in our society.

If you easily get anxiety with these types of things happening, that is okay. Just know that there are so many beautiful and amazing things in these wonderful places that we shouldn't let one or two horrific events take away from that. Going abroad has been a dream of mine since I was 12, as I'm sure it has been something other people are looking forward to as well. So I will not begin now being afraid of going to other countries because if you're nervous from one thing, everything after will scare you as well, and you'll end up missing out on a lot.