My Story- is it Homesickness?

Some feelings sink so deep inside the heart and only loneliness can help you find them I recall scrolling through these lines on my mobile screen not so long ago. A question came to my mind. How many of us prefer to be alone? The graph of positive and negative responses may depict great variations. We have been shaped to be blissful with people around us and it is such a nice feeling to be with family members, friends, sometimes colleagues, and well wishers.

For those who working GCC or anywhere outside India, the excitement were palpable initially when they came to stay in the hostel. Friends were a constant company and source of support. Obviously the vibrancy of a city like Delhi paved the way to look at a totally new world with different interests and ideas. New place, new dreams, or simply stated, everything on the campus was an awesome experience in the initial phase. Then slowly the reality that we have to be away from our family sunk in. For the first time, a feeling of homesickness slowly crept in.

My story is a mix-package of rollercoaster drive. Delhi to Muscat then in Khasab in a 6 years profession. You also agreed with me everything happen is happen for a good reason. I had seen days in Call center job in Noida where I had enjoy the life fullest but after 15th of each month (paying EMI for car & other expenses) we used to think life is hell? Everyday with friends I made future plans for business. But never succeed to even put first step. After coming in Muscat, I made new friends and got a great mentor who gave me lessons of life & management. ‘Demand for more is never ending saga’ so I decided to move on and now I am shifted to Khasab. Totally different place from rest of the world. I seen it all from the noise of call center in Noida to the Window shopping in Carrefour and discovering some amazing and hard experience of Mining Industry.

I think someone rightly quoted “When patterns are broken - new worlds can emerge”

This is just an example or a very effortless phase of explaining loneliness and the need for people around us. Somewhere you feel you need a friend, to trust, to tell everything on your mind, to love, to laugh over all the little things, to cry with and to stay with to the very end. Every one needs a mom to care, a father to be strict, brothers and sisters, as well as all the basic necessities of life. But to maintain these relationships in healthy terms is a Herculean task. It is a responsibility we have to carry out successfully in this journey of life.

We are consequently busy with our day to day life. We need to study, complete our extra coaching, plan for the days ahead, oh! How much we have to do? Rarely do we have time for ourselves. Let me put a question before you. Why is it so? Why do we work so hard? You may say, 'to get a fine job and keep all my loved ones happy'. But after you get a good job you'll be busy with that. You just struggle so hard through the ladder of life to reach zenith only to find that you have lost the most wonderful part of your emotional existence which you may never get back. You should have someone to wish you 'all the best' when you go to face something crucial, be there to pat someone and say 'congrats' when they win.

What I am trying to say is simple. We are born to struggle through life and so we should respect our dreams, achievements and never to leave it till we attain the same. But along the way, the most valued branch of our lives must be enjoyed. Savor life to the fullest. Be a friend to someone when they need you, be social with all, and admire your family members who have sacrificed humpty quantity of things to make you smile. Most of all, Love them. To quote the words of William Shakespeare, “When love speaks, the voice of all gods make heaven drowsy with harmony.’ To take risks in life has its own delight. One should know how it is to get hurt, how it is to miss someone, the value of tears, to live in harmony, to compromise, to forgive and what not. These are the bits of imperceptible feelings gifted by the creator to experience real human hood, not mathematics and history. What if you reach your dream goal and you have no one to celebrate with? I know it hurts to even think of such things. Don't ever say no to Love. It'll help you through the worst of times.

@a$hu.