Embracing the change with moving abroad

I often feel proud about the people who moved away from their birth country. I also wonder how mother nature interpret about this life movement. I believe we human beings have a natural habitat just like in the animal kingdom. Our natural habitat would be our birth country. Because of this we might have different skin colors, eye colors, different body heights, shapes and etc. We who moved away from our natural habitats end up in countries with different climate zones, most of the time we have to go through seasons of the mother nature. That is when we see ourselves stand out in a crowd because we are different. We might have darker skin, we may not be able to speak in the native language, to be honest we are strangers in a new country.

I personally know many people who migrated from Sri Lanka, a tropical country near the equator of this planet to a more colder regions seeking for better quality of life and to chase their dreams.

Technically, we are called immigrants or expats in the new world. We learn the new way of life and try our best to embrace and admire the new living. For some of them, the new world is the best.

For some of us there is this new found love towards our birth country. A small group of people can become so arragont of their life change to a new region while I am sure many of the immigrants miss their birth country time to time.

Let’s see why we need to embrace this sudden change if we moved to a new country.

Think about the trees in the end of spring. You were longing to see green leaves and blooming flowers. We become instantly happy to see snowdrops and spring flowers. We dance over the pink cherry blossoms. But deep within our hearts we know this is not going to last forever. Flowers are going to dry down and with the Autumn, every leaves will once again fall to the earth. But what if you become too attached to the green and cannot accept the change? That’s where you need to change your mindset.

Change is inevitable and you as a human will have to adopt to the change. Best way to do that is by enjoying your present moments. Being conscious about what’s happening around you. Being aware of your physical and emotional needs.

When you master being adoptable to change, you will realize you are also ready to detach your relationships. There’s nothing wrong with it but at the end of the lifetime, we all have to leave behind our loved ones and throughout your life many will come and leave you. So, embracing the change means practicing detachment as well.

For example, most of us are attached to our kids. We cannot imagine being away from them. But this leads to much of the sorrows that coming with the detachment when they fly away to chase their dreams. Hence, accepting the change means, you know that one day your kids will grow up and leave nevertheless you love them and raise them in the present moment.

Another good example is social media. When we embrace the changes around us, it comes with the peer pressure of being a human that you are not. But remember most of them don’t have a life that they show to us in the social media. The word for it is they are faking their lives. Many shares only their happy moments but never ever shares their struggles. So, when you move abroad be cautious who you meet or follow in social networks since your mental peace is more important than anything. Also, this doesn’t mean you are being jealous. This means knowing your worth, being confident and satisfied about your own life. I would say, be more careful about it and learn to minimize the noice of negative people as well.

This brings me to a conversation I had with a friend from Poland, she and I was discussing how daunting these social media fakers are. Because naturally when we move abroad our lives become more interesting to other people than their own life. So, either you have to appreciate the pictures you see or ignore them. My friend wanted to leave these social channels and she deleted the apps. I totally agree with her, but I kept my apps and trying to control how I use social media platforms. So, if you are someone who moved abroad, remember you moved away from your natural habitat due to a reason. You can be in the beginning stage of your abroad life while another is in settled status. Never worry, embrace and know who you are and what your next step is. Then you don’t have any worries.

Hope lot of things have changed in your life after moving abroad including the mother nature, you missed your friends and family but you are embracing the Change of seasons and promise to live in the presence. ♥️✨