“Often you can see the mountain in the distance – beautiful, interesting, and full of challenges. However, when you try to reach it, what happens? It’s surrounded by roads; forests lie between you and your objective; and what seems clear on the map is far more complicated in reality. So you must try all the paths and tracks until, one day, you find yourself before the peak you intend to climb”
This is my first entry as a married woman. After the gorgeous wedding, reception and the glorious time of festivities ended; my husband left for Hong Kong after a week. And for me, life resumed back to its tranquility and monotonous routine just as it was before. The difference now is, as my friends put it, I know what my goal is, which mountain I would like to climb and which road to follow.
So, here I am again at the precipice of something I thought I had left behind. Exams and studying and a similar lifestyle to the one I had before, but now, there is a change. I have two homes and people who seem to love me and a feeling of profound peace in the knowledge of, what I call, knowledge of where my heart lie.
“The landscape changes, so make the most of it. As you climb, the view changes, and there is nothing wrong with stopping now and then to enjoy the vista. With each metre you climb, you can see a little further, so take time to discover things you have never noticed before. ”
And so, here I am, discovering my life, discovering my husband’s childhood as he spent with his family, learning, storing information and revealing in the beauty of it all.
“The distance to the top of the mountain is always greater than you think. There is bound to come a moment when what seemed close is still very far away. But since you are prepared to go still further, this should not be a problem”.
Excerpts from “Like the flowing River by Paolo Coelho”
