You are where you should be....

You are always where you are supposed to be! 

I have believed in this for long, more so in recent years when there has been paradigm shifts in my life - and this mindfulness has often helped me calm many a storm that could have overwhelmed.!

Recently, I moved houses - after living in the same apartment for the last 7 years, in a buzzing and very popular locality for expats in Dubai. I loved my apartment in one of those Manhattan like high-rise buildings and thoroughly enjoyed my stay there, up above the clouds, literally! 

Now, I have moved to an independent townhouse / villa in a quiet neighborhood with a lot of green therapy around me. The 2 places are as different as they could possibly be! 

This move was ostensibly prompted by our youngest family member - Luke, our pet dog - who had, in 1 year, grown too big for apartment living. So we brought him to live in a more spacious and dog-friendly environment. 



It's been 2 weeks now since the move and everyday I feel more and more "at home" in my new abode. 

I miss none of the hustle and bustle of Marina living - I even do not miss watching the sea from my bed. Instead I take my morning cuppa and watch the blooms in my garden and admire the birds that chirp around. Every morning, I sit in my lawn - with my dog - in peace, welcoming the brand new day and its possibilities. 

Yet, if this is what I had to do, 6 years ago, I would have gone nuts. Back then, I needed that buzz around to keep me sane - I needed the hustle to keep me safe. Too much had changed in my life then and I needed that kind of living to adjust my sails and heal. And heal I did. 

As the noises in my head and my heart went down, the need for noise around me also lessened. And as peace descended upon my soul, I started to manifest it around me too. It took a while, for sure .... hence the 7 long years there. But I was ready for a new environment for over a year now - I knew that; in my head that new environment was back in my country, but clearly my Shepherd had his own plans .....

Where I am now seems to be exactly where I should have been.... atleast for now.... Luke was the divine nudge and I count my blessings. 

This reiterates my belief that Life always takes us where we should be at any given point of time. We may or may not agree - but I have seen too many examples of it being the truth. Yet we humans, hold on to our perceptions of how Life should have rolled out and when life throws us curve balls, we protest and fight and also, play "victim" ..... that's how we make things uglier than they have to be, add more stress than needed. 

Life has taught me - and I share with anyone I care for - to move or shake things you can control and to accept what you can't and make the best of it. My undying faith in my Shepherd has made it easier to trust the flow of Life. 

We all know that change is the only constant these days - in so many aspects of our existence. Acceptance of this change, especially when it seems "wrong" or goes against all that you had planned for yourself, is difficult but honestly the only way to keep moving forward rather than stagnate and rot. 

We need to hold on tightly to that Faith - wherever it comes from, for each of us - that we are where we are, for a reason and when we finish that phase, Life will move on and so will you. Trust the One Above and .....


"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live." 

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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