Sometimes, its nice to be detached from society. In the same way that monks meditate, to how you can hear the silence in a concert hall when Connie Talbot sings, a sense of calmness surrounds you when you just sit back and absorb all the world has to offer.
I’m leaving Singapore in four hours for the long awaited flight to Vancouver. Yet, I feel extremely calm. I am not worried about traveling alone. I am not disgusted that I can’t brush my teeth for the next twenty hours and I am not psych by the beautiful mountains and seas that await me in Vancouver (yet).
Instead, I almost wish I wasn’t leaving so soon. No matter how much I profess my distaste of life in Singapore, it just struck me that the last two years wasn’t so bad after all. I feel really blessed to have been able to spend time with my family, make new friends, and reacquaint with old friends. Hence, it’s with a little sorrow that I wasn’t able to have proper goodbyes with everyone of them. The people around me are the ones that has brought so much meaning and joy, and if I haven’t said it yet, “Thank you! I will miss you.”
So here’s the challenge. No matter how busy you are, always take some time out and remind the people around you that you love them. Because when a sense of calmness overwhelms you, and the crazy dies down, it probably means that its five in the morning and you will be starting a new chapter of your life in four hours.
