Life gets bigger when we get over ourselves | Alison Jones

I'm in Africa and I find myself standing in the middle of a bushfire. I'm volunteering at an elephant and rhino consery in Zimbabwe. I'm totally here for the elephants.The rhinos are just part of the deal. Now, a few months earlier, when I was researching options for this special birthday trip, I was this close to booking a Mediterranean cruise. But this pesky little voice kept whispering, "Africa, Africa, Africa." So, I traded five-star luxury and spa days for wall spiders and a bat that circled around my ...