Its been 3 weeks since I joined my husband in New York. Five years of job and 1 and half years of job done at a crazy pace I am here relaxing, thinking, making plans, dissolving plans and listening to the plans from India. Everytime I take the call from India from my family or in-laws, the very first question is - "Aur mann lag gaya" ?
I kept asking my self the same question and I kept finding the answer. This was because I never got bored here. Then I thought why people (foreign) don't find peace in this Dream World for Millions, even after recession or may be on-going recession.
Am I too obsessed with America or what? But this was not the case definitely for many many reasons. To find this answer I thought about many people their behavior and their psyches. People like this place for flamboyance, some like for distance, many for money and so many geeks for the R&D work being done on this land.
To see the other side is the lonely life one leads on this foreign land. People clad in best of the brands, coke flowing all over, the tasty delights and independence. In each pair of ears there are so many songs from iTunes but no word of warmth and eyes full of lights but the bleakness inside. I do accept all the pos and cons but I do not accept that - "mera mann nahin lag raha".
I remember my mother saying that we make ourselves busy and we are the one who feel alone in the crowd of millions. How true! I am able to understand it completely now. People who make one thing their obsession even if they have millions of other things to cherish they can not be happy.
Then why am I not bored?
Here, I am happy within and contented because I keep shifting my interests ... :)
When I was in Bangalore I had made my work and my niece my focus and now cooking and relaxing. I think this philosophy works to beat and fail the "Fundamentals of Boredom" that we ourselves write.
Whatever you can do today and you always wanted to, do it today. Whatever others do and gain your attention, try it today.
It helps you shift the window to a different view and a happier one. I am sure!
I hope and pray my theory works for me and all ...
