Yes, the Spiderman movie was good. But that’s not the point of this post!!

This is a special note to everyone living far from their family and friends for education or work or any other reason :-

I respect you a lot! Even more now than ever. It’s not just brave to go so far it takes a lot of planning, energy, dreams and patience to do it!! It takes tons of courage to pack your suitcase and leave everything behind.

All others see are the beautiful backdrops (some might get envious as well). But it is much much more than that. There is a lot of being alone and living alone and figuring things out alone and just ALONE! Being far from your loved ones, from your comfortable zone, from that favourite food place or just from the feeling of “being home” is a task that is easier said than done.

The opportunities are abundant maybe even the salary is amazing. But every night after a long day, having to cook for yourself or just spending the night reminiscing how things were back home and how we didn’t value it enough, it’s not a great feeling (to put it mildly).

Once you go far from home, there is no home after that for a long time. That home-town slowly becomes just “a town”. You randomly wonder what and where your home is!? And the unfortunate answer is nobody knows! You feel homeless but with a roof to live under (irony).

It is difficult to hang by a thin thread of hope, but that is what we become good at eventually. The pain behind the smiles soon becomes so “normal” that we almost forget about it. But then one day it slowly creeps back in and makes you feel that twist in your gut, the weight on your chest, the restlessness in your heart.

The one thing that keeps us all going is – “Hopefully it will all be worth it!” That’s the best we can do at the moment. Hope that all of it is worth it- the adulting, the leaving home, the working/studying hard and offcourse the feeling of helplessness.

The only relieving moment is when you see other people who got through and seem happy now. That gives you so much hope that maybe this will end up just fine after all!! Many thanks to those who knowingly or unknowingly become the beacon of hope.

Well the whole point is, everyone who has a similar feeling – “You are NOT alone in this”. We all are in this together! Many many best wishes to everyone on this side of the ocean. We WILL get through!

Take care!