Home sweet Home
I am heading
home in a couple of days from now.
The
paradox in Life:
ð The older you get, the more you feel
and experience and miss your family
ð The older you get, the less you speak
and talk and the more you listen and pray
What else is
there?
Family,
friends who are very important to me, who are very important to you!
Being away
from the family, your sister, your brother, your real friends can be tough enough, of
course. How are you going to deal with it?
What ways
are there to keep in contact, to keep in touch with your family and friends
back home?
I myself
have experienced and done my deal and share of being away from my family/friends for
extended periods of time on several occasions. Those times were not exactly
easy times, as you may call them. Learning lessons have occurred and challenges
have showed up, too. As well as embrace the change and the whole, entire
experience, I have had my days of deep lows. Nevertheless the, highs moment
were there, of course, too!
Being apart
from my family more years when a lot of travelling was happening has taught me
an incredible amount about myself as a person, about who I really am, who I like
and do not like, what I prefer and what I do not prefer, what I want and what I
do not want, what I desire and what I do not desire, what breaks me and what
does not break me, what builds me up and what puts me down, what I expect and
what I do not expect, what I predict and what I do not predict, what I like and
what I do not like, what I strive for and what I do not strive for, what I would
suggest others to do and go for, and what I would not suggest others to do and
go for, what I would recommend others to do and go for, and what I would not
recommend others to do and go for, and all else and everything else in between
and in the middle, too!
It is not
only myself who realizes those happenings and the occurrences, everyone else
experiences it as well, having been gone and through similar deals and dead to
mine.
What were
the hardest parts of the journey?
What were
the sweetest/best parts of the journey?
How about
your journey?
What were
the hardest parts of your journey through it all?
What were
the sweetest/best parts of your journey through it all?
Having said
that, not everyone, of course, has been bitten by the same travelling bug as my
bug is.
I love to
travel, there is almost nothing like getting lost in the wilderness of it all,
to finally find yourself after all this searching and longing at the end of the
day. I have lived and worked in many countries and on many continents.
This is
nothing new, there certainly comes a point in time, where all you want to do is
settle down somewhere finally, find a life - long partner, build a house
together, find a proper job, start and raise a family, grow old together till
the end of times, all that and happily ever after in the end, of course, too!
My family,
my sister and our cat means everything to me. They mean the whole universe to
me and I cannot and do not even dare to imagine my life without them not being
there. In my younger years, I was wild and free and spirited, crazy, insane
soul that was sure and thought I could manage things on my own, no need to ask
for help, not even a friend, not even a family member. And yes, I have been a
good daughter, I have really been.
Now, as the
time progresses, priorities have shifted immeasurably and myself considering
the whole family thing and affair, I must state and confess, the opposite is
being the game here, the truth in my body, my soul, my heart, my mind.
I would give
anything for being with my family, with talking to them, with holding them,
with kissing them, with hugging them, with speaking to them, with chatting to
them, with emailing them, with listening to them, with eating with them, with
laughing with them, with sharing all ups and downs with them, with reading with
them, with playing with them, with going through family album with them, with
going on trips with them, with shopping with them, with watching a family
comedy with them, with being with them in this very present moment, with
sleeping with them, with camping with them, with travelling with them, with
running errands with them, with doing crazy things with them, with taking
photos with them, with making angels with them, with making snowman with them,
with cooking with them, with baking Christmas stuff with them, with giving them
present, with receiving presents from them, with celebrating with them, with going
on holidays with them, with cleaning with them, with barbequing with them, with
sitting with them, with writing with them and to them, with singing with them,
with listening to the music with them, with decorating our house with them,
with going to parties with them, with opening gifts/presents with them, with
dressing up with them, with putting up the show with them, with going swimming
with them, with going cycling with them, with going to the theatre with them,
with going to the cinema with them, with dining in the restaurant with them,
with visiting a museum with them, with going bowling with them, with playing
squash with them, anything else comes to mind, you name it, I would love doing
right now with my family.
How is your
relationship with your family, with your children, with your spouse, with your
relatives?
Do they know
about how you feel about them?
When was the
last time they heard those loving sweet things coming out of your mouth? J
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