Well, what do you recon...two weeks of travelling and three weeks of catching up to do after that! Seriously?! Thought, I could do better then that...yet here I am, finally made it to DDLand and wondering where the hell have I wasted all that time between getting back home and now...I have no answers to that, it's all being blurred over with the meaningless (well, mostly) activities, commitments I have made up in my mind, and self-inflicted responsibilities...yeah, life tends to get this way for me...Maybe this is my next lesson to learn - to slow down...to stop and smell the roses...or any other scented things...
So, I am indeed, back home and the far away lands have become a shards of memories and a folder with the snapshots on my computer...the journey was exactly as expected...sweet...and poignant...and sweet...and two main things to share about it...
Family...do not underestimate the power of family behind you...I haven't felt it for such a long time, being distanced from them for the most part of my life...physical distance, geographical. I was strong on my own, coped with life's surprises well enough, I believe...but when I arrived there, everything turned upside down...I was taken care of, I was taken places, fed and entertained and generally I didn't have to make a single decision on where to be and what to do, while I was visiting my family, except, perhaps, the choice of grave stone for my mom's resting place...everything, I mean - everything - was taken care of and I can say - it was a being in a dream...like being back into one's careless childhood...stripped off responsibilities and the burden of dealing with day-to-day life...it was like walking on the clouds...there was a lot of meetings and walks and more meetings and trips outside of the town and meetings again...and none of that I had to organise...and so I realised this is what I was missing in my life...being taken care of moments...every one need them...it's like having a deep tissue massage and your muscles suddenly relaxed and your breath softens and your mind is floating in the warmth of no-bothers and suddenly those wrinkles on your forehead are smoothened and you feel like you've dropped few or some years...
Nature...if I say the nature of Eastern Kazakhstan is beautiful, I'd say nothing...I loved it when I used to live there, but I think, I truly started to appreciate it fully when I only visited...what words would you use to describe the nature?..my choice of words would be - awe...reverence...tranquillity...photographs don't do it justice, really (besides, I'm not the best photographer when it comes to capture awesome views)...here are just a few...mountains, lakes, seas, amazing sunsets...
|
|
|
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
.jpg)
.jpg)