Right now, am a troubled soul! I am sick and tired of scores here who are trying to mess up with their priorities in life! Amidst students who flew all the way to the United States from the other end of the globe, there are people who are home sick, especially those who are away from home for the first time! This comes as no surprise. And there are souls at the other end of the spectrum who are happy to be away and want to stay without getting back to India for a long long time. I prefer not to discuss about these guys for these guys do what they like.
But it hurts to see people who do what they do not want to! Like Miss.Rose who is very soft in nature and has been missing home from the day she landed. And now, when every one in her group is booking tickets back to India for a month long trip, she thinks of her cousin, who went back to India only after finishing his Masters and thinks that her relatives in India might think she could'nt stay that long from home like 'him' coz she was 'afterall' a 'girl'!I was convinced then that no human could ever be so silly but people around proved me that she was not an exception! Mr.Boo has been here for the past two years and is a senior! He is quite proud of not going back home when all in his batch did and I am still not sure what is the pride. I had the chance of speaking to his mom when I was back in India.She sadly told me once that her son had told her that he preferred travelling to more places in the United States that shelling a couple of grands to get back to India! I am sure Mr.Boo has no clue how pained her heart was. The worst part is, Mr.Boo happens to be a person I know pretty well and he is not the stone-heart that I have inadvertently portrayed! He is known for his kindness and also for his foolishness like these! I myself have seen him home sick a couple of times and I wonder why would one put oneself in such a position!!
Simple things like getting a job or the thrust to prove the superiority of women over men are actualy, very very trivial when compared to the joy of getting back home. Personally, I value nothing more than the very look on my mom's face when she sees her only son in the airport after missing him for nearly a year and a half. I do not think anything else in the world relates to me more than such moments. Every phone call to my home lets me know how much my parents are missing me and It creates in me, the urge to get back home and see them at the next oppurtunity. I have been used to staying away from home since my undergrad days and still, I can feel the need to fly back home coz I know I am missing my parents' love. I dont think I am an exception for anyone who is normal should be feeling the same. And nothing trivial can come in between me and my parents.
With that being my mindset, the one that people like Boo and Rose prefer not to have, I find it irritating to see more and more Roses and Boos as days pass by. I do not know if I am hard by saying the following, but I think, people need to be constantly threatened with the shortness of life and the uncertainity of tomorrow to make them realize the priorities in life. I feel that the mindset of considering our own people and their love secondary has been cradled by the promise of a better and a brighter tomorrow.
The brightness of tomorrow should never get so bright that it blinds the very realities of today!
Definitely,
Me.
5 comments:
Well spoken!
Good to know that at least you have got your priorities right.
Btw,when are you expected to come here?
nice post da!
i m sure u wud remember the tales i spoke to u of ur "good friend", if u understand who i am referring to. it pained us all and we felt for his parents, the way he treated them. some ppl take parents for granted, and unfortunately parents are mostly too good to object :(. It is just the arrogance that arises from the knowledge that one will be able to look after oneself, that makes them compromise on their parents.
Excellent post da!
Hoping to see u in India soon!
Hey You,
You could have told me in face as you know You Can.
Priorities for people change so does their plans.
Definetly few bucks cannot and will not hold me not to go home. It is just the drive of "What have you done to DESERVE a Ride Back" :P.
And why harbour lies in cheesy lines.
I donot miss them as proximity doesnot determine how I love them, atleast in my case.
Telling this,
I will board the next flight If I want to, the question still is "IF I WANT TO?"
One of the ....
To Dearmost BOO,
Whether you 'want to' or whether you 'deserve or not', Know that your people back home 'want to' and they surely 'deserve to' see you soon!!
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