Stars are so far away from us and each other but, when you look up at the night sky, they make beautiful shapes despite that distance.
My family left for Milan, Italy on 25th August of this year. I am an introvert and prefer hiding the things that make me vulnerable to the world.
After my parents and brother left, I thought I was okay and that I will be all right; but more than a month later, I am still hurting inside.
Fortunately, I have a guiding light, who tries to keep me focused, reminding me that now that my family is abroad, I have to be mature and show them that they did not make a mistake by leaving me here.
My Maa has always been the one I have told my inner most thoughts and feelings- not day-to-day thoughts, but thoughts that were related to the way I see the world; questions about why and how things are the way they are. She has always been the one who could simply look at me or hear my voice and know immediately whether I am happy or not. A while back, when I was unwell, she bought a purple ladybug keychain. She was too far away to take care of me and nurse me back to health, so this small gesture of buying a keychain that contains my favorite color and bug, reminded me that she is not far away. My father, my mother, my sister and my brother are not far away. They will always be with me. I know I can talk to them whenever I am going through a rough phase and their voice will be enough to calm me.
For all those students who live away from their families, I know it gets difficult. I am still trying to come to terms with it myself. BUT, always remember, that your family will always be there for you, no matter what.
You need a warm hug and words to get you through the day, talk to your maa; you need advice on life, talk to your papa; you need an excuse to laugh till you have tears in your eyes, talk to your brother, and if you feel like you can't do this on your own anymore, tell your sister you need her and go stay with her for a while. If all that fails, remember that you will see them during the summer vacations, you will meet them in a new country and for two months, you will make amazing new memories with them. Enough memories to help you get through another year with a broad smile on your lips.
I sometimes don't tell my family when I am missing them a lot, because I don't want to upset them. If I don't want to upset them, it is my responsibility to focus on my career and make them proud, so that the only time they have tears in their eyes, they will be tears of joy.
Don't feel alone, you have your friends to help and support you. You are not going through this alone.
I am blessed to have a guiding light who shows me the positives of all the negatives that come in my mind. I am blessed to have an amazing group of friends, who are pretty much like family to me. I am blessed to have an awesome room mate, who is packing to go home right now, and yet feels bad for leaving, because she knows how much I want to go home as well and does not feel like leaving me in the room alone.
I know I will be okay. I already feel the darkness subsiding and my light returning. I will find myself again.
I know that no matter how far my family is away from me, we will always love each other. And just like the stars in the sky, no matter the distance between use, we will make our lives beautiful and connected despite that distance.
My family left for Milan, Italy on 25th August of this year. I am an introvert and prefer hiding the things that make me vulnerable to the world.
After my parents and brother left, I thought I was okay and that I will be all right; but more than a month later, I am still hurting inside.
Fortunately, I have a guiding light, who tries to keep me focused, reminding me that now that my family is abroad, I have to be mature and show them that they did not make a mistake by leaving me here.
My Maa has always been the one I have told my inner most thoughts and feelings- not day-to-day thoughts, but thoughts that were related to the way I see the world; questions about why and how things are the way they are. She has always been the one who could simply look at me or hear my voice and know immediately whether I am happy or not. A while back, when I was unwell, she bought a purple ladybug keychain. She was too far away to take care of me and nurse me back to health, so this small gesture of buying a keychain that contains my favorite color and bug, reminded me that she is not far away. My father, my mother, my sister and my brother are not far away. They will always be with me. I know I can talk to them whenever I am going through a rough phase and their voice will be enough to calm me.
For all those students who live away from their families, I know it gets difficult. I am still trying to come to terms with it myself. BUT, always remember, that your family will always be there for you, no matter what.
You need a warm hug and words to get you through the day, talk to your maa; you need advice on life, talk to your papa; you need an excuse to laugh till you have tears in your eyes, talk to your brother, and if you feel like you can't do this on your own anymore, tell your sister you need her and go stay with her for a while. If all that fails, remember that you will see them during the summer vacations, you will meet them in a new country and for two months, you will make amazing new memories with them. Enough memories to help you get through another year with a broad smile on your lips.
I sometimes don't tell my family when I am missing them a lot, because I don't want to upset them. If I don't want to upset them, it is my responsibility to focus on my career and make them proud, so that the only time they have tears in their eyes, they will be tears of joy.
Don't feel alone, you have your friends to help and support you. You are not going through this alone.
I am blessed to have a guiding light who shows me the positives of all the negatives that come in my mind. I am blessed to have an amazing group of friends, who are pretty much like family to me. I am blessed to have an awesome room mate, who is packing to go home right now, and yet feels bad for leaving, because she knows how much I want to go home as well and does not feel like leaving me in the room alone.
I know I will be okay. I already feel the darkness subsiding and my light returning. I will find myself again.
I know that no matter how far my family is away from me, we will always love each other. And just like the stars in the sky, no matter the distance between use, we will make our lives beautiful and connected despite that distance.
Beta u r a blessed soul :) u have no right to be sad!!
ReplyDeleteyup yup! I am trying! :)
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