Stolen away...

for all of us that live in big cities...do not underestimate the power of big cities...

i was speaking with a childhood friend of mine...catching up...exchanging stories (always always feels good with childhood friends).

so she asks: how s london? 'It's good', i said. It s where i want to be, where i left everything for, where i ve always wanted to come back, where i ve built a vision in, where i want to have a career and personal growth...
then she said something that made me think, 'Do not underestimate the power of big cities'.

And i stopped to think that i ve been in London for just about a year now. What changed? What did this city do to me?

Well, i will spare u the details of my life. but funny the things i realised. funny how time slipped away...funny how this big city stole me away. funny how everything changed...so i thought.

Yes its a hub. Big cities are a hub. and no matter what u do, there s always something u are missing on, there is always more to do, and less time to do it. There is no time to breath even on a sunday morning. You always feel the pressure of not doing enough or not doing well, or WELL + ENOUGH. You always feel you are well behind plan, be it work wise or personal wise. So energy wise...we are all drained in big cities like london, or even small ones like beirut.

My message here is to STOP and THINK. think of how is or how can the big city u live in steel you away? how can it at the same time energise u sooo much and dis-energise u even more. and most importantly how did u reach the point where u lost touch with oneself? Yes, everything has changed, but i am still the same...you are still the same.

The problem is, in big cities like that we focus so much on the changes. on how well we are doing at work, how well this is good to our career, how, much we learn and get out of the city. how every step every move is an experience. even getting in the tube everyday, trust me is one of the biggest experiences that i never thought i d learn so much from! but what we always forget to do is to focus on what has NOT changed...funny how things are still the same.

to win the battle of big cities, one must focus on what have not changed...while embrace all the changes happening. Only then, what was not WELL+ENOUGH will be good enough and doing MORE will be an option not a draining necessity.

furaha x