A good bye

"You will never be completely at home 

again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place"

It is human nature to be very excited before a journey has started. We all look at the countless possibilities ahead of us and have our expectations of the path we are going to walk, but few are those who are happy at the end of it as well. Paulo Coelho in the fifth mountain says "it is all about re-creating our past". Why is it that when a path has come to an end, we tend to lose hope and feel that life has ended here? Why can't we look at the future with much more hope now that we have achieved all that we have? I came to Mauritius 8 months back with a few goals and one ultimate destiny in mind; to graduate! I have, all praise due to the Al-mighty, achieved a majority of it and I return back home tomorrow! I feel nostalgic as always when I leave a country because we get so used to the life we are living that we do not want to see that much more awaits us. I have always been an explorer and traveler and now I am used to the good bye's yet they remain a huge part of the journey; a part that is one of the most painful ones of it all!

 Everyday the sun sets reminding us of death (if one may see it that way) but it rises the next morning reminding us of the Al-mighty's mercy that He has bestowed upon us; that He has granted us another day of life to live our desires and be happy. I wonder how many of us sleep with a smile at the end of the day feeling contented of the life we have! If we just take a look around, we will see that we are very fortunate for He has given us countless blessings. 

I just want to say that I am a bit sad about leaving such a beautiful country yet I am very excited and happy to be going back to mom and dad and family. I know whatever the future holds, as long as I am in His mercy, I am safe!

I say good bye to this country in about 28 hours and I know I shall cherish every moment spent here with the amazing people I came across. 
I end with a quote from one of my most fav articles...

"We are all just waiting for another universe to collide with ours, to change what we can’t ourselves. To fill us, to make us whole. It’s interesting how afterwards, we realize that the storm returns to calm, but the stars are always changed and we don’t choose whose collisions change us. We all start as strangers, but we often forget that we choose who ends up a stranger too."

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Cheers!

Peace!

Champ!