I’ve often wondered what runs through one’s mind especially the expatriates whilst travelling on their yearly vacation. The struggle of getting through air tickets, the disheartened mind of just 30 days to be with your loved ones…what is it one really looks for in a holiday or going home for a break?
Almost 335 days of anxiety in seeing and being with loved ones, feeling the touch of home land, the fragrance of old memories all of which a 30 day holiday from the routine fulfills. In today’s cosmic world a break from routine is more required than a vacation deal.
It is an agreeable statement that the stress levels are balanced in the Sultanate and the warmth and welcome received to any foreigner in this make shift home land is remarkable. 335 days of pampering and when one returns to home land for vacation the acceptance becomes lesser. The mind refuses to accept that it is you who is on vacation and not the world around you!
Expectations boom during that few hours of flight journey, itineraries are made to meet with family members, loads of gifts for near and dear ones; thoughts pondering as how 30 days is enough to do all in the list…and at arrival you expect someone to pick you up to go to your home, but why? It is our home land and the place we grew, our people and this is what we have waited for.
Acceptances are less when on vacation, family members are equally excited to see us but one has to understand they have a daily life to deal with just as we do for 335 days! It is not anyone’s fault, but we lack to understand that life moves on for everyone and our family members have related to accepting us not being a part of their day to day life…trying to reverse the situation what would our relatives do whilst on vacation to our now home land!!In fact they would feel more crippled and dependant on us to spend their vacation time more valuable…
Expectations misleads to wrong judgment and unhappiness whereas acceptance leads to contentment and happiness. All that needs to be realized is making a pleasant vacation for the entire struggle taken is in our hands and the law of accept works positive than the law of expect!
The message is to all the readers who are planning their next vacation!
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