We both understand that you enjoy being back home. Here the bed feels just right, food is spoon-fed hot and the air smells fresher than any corner of the world you’ve been thrown to. But before you make the trip back home, I want you to understand a small list of things.
- Understand that the home you yearn for is a reconstruction in your mind and does not exist anymore in physical space.
- Understand that the parents you yearn for are a reconstruction in your mind and do not exist anymore in physical space.
- Understand that, once home, you will fall back into habits that you so desperately tried to get rid of.
- Understand that no matter how long you stay home, you cannot win against the unrelenting march of time.
Keeping these things in mind, consider a more pragmatic approach:
- Life does not give the luxury of satisfaction. Staying home is suffering. Leaving home is suffering. Choose the more noble of the two.
- Accept that you are trying to get along with a father and mother whose outlook on life can never reasonably align with our own.
- Create value by increasing scarcity. Visit less, but with more intent.
- Cherish the memories already made and openly embrace new ones.