"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."
- Anatole France
Settling in to a new life may have seemed a daunting task even a couple of weeks ago, but I seem to have managed alright. Two weeks in, somehow, leaving behind familiar sights and sounds, familiar faces and familiar boundaries doesn't seem quite so intimidating. I suppose I have to thank the suddenness of it all — having made a quick plunge before which there was no time to think or contemplate the pros and cons, especially the cons.
Of course, there are people I miss terribly, and I would be lying if I said that I am not the slightest bit homesick, but there are things to look forward to. I'm lucky enough to have a piano at easy access even though my own is yet to arrive here. Rediscovering music has never been sweeter... Better still, I am not as shy and reserved as I used to be even a year back, and placing myself out of my comfort zone to make new friends (a necessity in a new city) is not half as hard as I thought it would be.
It's true that only when you go through the bad can you really relish life offering you the good. As bitter as I used to be about it earlier, I am glad that I went through what I did. Lessons learnt, and hopefully, never forgotten. And knowing myself, at least now I won't feel quite so entitled to what I have been given, and truly appreciate the things to be thankful for.
Change is good. And for someone who had been feeling trapped in what seemed like a never-ending abyss of bad luck, change is life reinvigorated.
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:) How are you? Let us exchange stories sometime.
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