Monday, January 16, 2012

It's the in between that mattered as well.

Ever wondered how everyone seems to tell you good luck in your new phase??? Well, they mean well but what they should tell you as well is good luck in transitioning between the phases of your life. They never  seem to think that the few weeks or months between them seem to be of significant importance but in actual fact it is rather quite the opposite. It is a test of how strong you are, of being able to handle the fact that the people that you meet around you from now on will be unfamiliar faces that you will have to make familiar yourself, meet people that you will not be comfortable with and meet people of different shapes and sizes, of colors and tongues, and to me most important of all, people who have worn a set of eyes and a brain that is alien to you. In some cases their very mentality will make you so uncomfortable by just being there that you want to go home because of the social insecurity that lingers around you. That of course did not happen to me. But it did remind me of one thing when I finally landed in Kansas for my Spring orientation program : everywhere it is the same no matter where we come from. They come from a native land to them like I did but yet we failed see that similarity in all the differences that we see in each other, which obviously made it slightly difficult to make friends. 

It also dawns on me that we all should be contented with what we have in life. The people who wrote the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side" are short sighted. The phrase should come with a continuation which says "but the dirt that the grass is growing on is bloody". There is always a bad side to the good that we see. And that is what I learned by just living in the US for 1 WEEK. So yeah, that was a huge reminder for me and it could be for all of you as well. Be. Contented. With. What. You. Have.

Peace out.

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