In a few hours from now I will be boarding a flight to re-locate to Mumbai after 5 years outside India.
It seems only yesterday that I had blogged about my feelings while moving from India to Dubai in 2009 in the post titled Starting All Over Again in which I had bitterly complained about my restless nature and foolish idealism (and therefore the pain that comes along with it). In that post I had expressed my deep envy of people who remain rooted and are quite content being where they are.
Hardly anything has changed since 5 years. I am still deeply envious of people who are happy being where they are....
All I can say is that I am quite sad leaving Dubai (as I was sad leaving India 5 years ago). But I am happy to be sad - as it implies I have had very positive experiences here. It is always better to be sad on leaving a place ......
It seems only yesterday that I had blogged about my feelings while moving from India to Dubai in 2009 in the post titled Starting All Over Again in which I had bitterly complained about my restless nature and foolish idealism (and therefore the pain that comes along with it). In that post I had expressed my deep envy of people who remain rooted and are quite content being where they are.
Hardly anything has changed since 5 years. I am still deeply envious of people who are happy being where they are....
All I can say is that I am quite sad leaving Dubai (as I was sad leaving India 5 years ago). But I am happy to be sad - as it implies I have had very positive experiences here. It is always better to be sad on leaving a place ......
Thank you to my fantastic circle of friends for ensuring that I will continue to miss this place for a long time to come.
