It feels nice to be back home after three decades.
Other countries help us earn more, but one remains emotionally starved of connections, of companionship. I plan a meet for my old friends who are still there. It is hard work, but I’ll make it worthwhile.
I still feel starved, even wonder if the connections I made in that country were better. We had struggled and survived together.
As I say goodbye, I notice the rods twisting out of shape. Is my vision getting blurry, or have I twisted reality out of shape. Beliefs are not always true.
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I love the thoughtfulness of this. How to know whether our paths were the right ones and on this side of it, does it matter?
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You are right. It does not matter when it becomes history.
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We are so limited in perception that we often plan to be away for years and expect to find ourselves un-aged, and the places we return to un-changed. And so often this is not the case.
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That is a nice perspective – a place too, changes and matures.
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We too often twist reality to fit ourperception of how things should be.
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It is true most of the time.
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You’ve interpreted the picture in a completely different way. Well done Reena.
Here’s mine!
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Taken out of our comfort zone is where we grow. I feel she will be enriched by the experience, whatever happens.
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Thank you, Lisa!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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This is so full of a tangle of emotions. It’s true that what we believe may not be true. And that in itself is sad and discouraging.
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It is encouraging to realise that it does not really matter in the long run.
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Great use of the prompt Reena.
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Thank you, Iain!
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great photo
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Thanks a lot!
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Love that last line.
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Thanks so much!
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After 30 years she will found much has changed. Including the relationships she had with people.
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It is bound to change. A static life won’t be good for anyone.
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I like the metaphor of the distorted vision. It’s good in itself, but you’ve also deployed it cleverly. The disquiet permeates the whole story and is crystallised by your last two sentences.
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Thank you so much, Penny!
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Richly intriguing story, Reena!
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Thank you, Susan!
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Lovely, Reena. Such a wistful and dissatisfied.feeling
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Thank you so much, Neil!
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