Well, my first week in America and am already learning to live. I always thought I was independent. I also always thought that the kind of people I met in my undergraduate years were the 'types' I am always going to meet henceforth. But I was absolutely, devastatingly wrong. Here in the US the greatest country in the world, I am meeting people who are nice and not so nice. Some are hypocrties while some others are plain irritating. Also, my so called independent streak has been dampened by life's travails, that too only in the first week. Sigh! I say so because, I realized that living alone anywhere is not an option for a sane person. Man is a social animal and he/she will remain so. Interaction, company or frienship, it can be called by multiple names, but living together and sharing is so very important.
When I was in India in my own house meaning I had a place to stay; I was always complaning. Sometimes it was about food, someimes about the furniture and sometimes about nothing. I took my family members for granted. But here in America, their absence makes me realize their importance. I dont know if it hppens to everyone who leaves their family. Maybe it is a universal feeling. So be it. Realizing such a big thing is an important benchmark for me.
As for the people here, I am discovering newer species everyday. People can go to any lenghts to impress others and I just hope I am not one of those. Other people are so nice to you that you wonder what good work you have done to deserve it. And here I seriously hope I am one of them.
My college hasn't even started and I am already step higher in internal learning. I hope to go much further and farther both internally and externally.
(Whew! Maybe I should learn to talk and write less!)
