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the past six days have been spent exploring Bombay; taking in the sights & sounds of this city with such rich heritage.
it has been a much needed break and i want to park my thoughts somewhere on the world wide web before i forget.
key takeaways:
1. people change. i wonder how i'll change too. it's inevitable when people move on to a different phase of life; their priorities change and paradigms shift. (read: needing to skype boyfriends)
2. there is so much in life to be thankful for. exploring the Dharavi slums in Bombay which is home to 2.5 million people made me wonder why people lived that way - why does poverty persistently plague the lower classes of society. why does such inequality even exist. the slums are hazardous - labourers work in the slums melting aluminium and inhaling the poisonous gases emitted from it, yet people have no choice.
3. hope. i met a young British toddler who shares my name. her parents were calling out to her and i realised that she is brimming with so much potential. she could go on to become a doctor, or a teacher or an astronaut - her life is filled with infinite possibilities, and so is mine.
4. appreciating art. art is not about trying to understand what a painting or artwork means to the artist; it's about taking the piece of work and making it your own.
5. read. i finished four books in the time that i was in India. i fell in love with reading again and remembered what it was like to spend time with good coffee and a book in hand.
6. moving on. it's been three years. your mind has a way of playing tricks on you - memories from the past are embellished and distorted. but life goes on; and iwant need to move on.
it has been a much needed break and i want to park my thoughts somewhere on the world wide web before i forget.
key takeaways:
1. people change. i wonder how i'll change too. it's inevitable when people move on to a different phase of life; their priorities change and paradigms shift. (read: needing to skype boyfriends)
2. there is so much in life to be thankful for. exploring the Dharavi slums in Bombay which is home to 2.5 million people made me wonder why people lived that way - why does poverty persistently plague the lower classes of society. why does such inequality even exist. the slums are hazardous - labourers work in the slums melting aluminium and inhaling the poisonous gases emitted from it, yet people have no choice.
3. hope. i met a young British toddler who shares my name. her parents were calling out to her and i realised that she is brimming with so much potential. she could go on to become a doctor, or a teacher or an astronaut - her life is filled with infinite possibilities, and so is mine.
4. appreciating art. art is not about trying to understand what a painting or artwork means to the artist; it's about taking the piece of work and making it your own.
5. read. i finished four books in the time that i was in India. i fell in love with reading again and remembered what it was like to spend time with good coffee and a book in hand.
6. moving on. it's been three years. your mind has a way of playing tricks on you - memories from the past are embellished and distorted. but life goes on; and i
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”
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