It's 2021 and I still am all those things except for being young. Why did I name this blog "About me"? I have no idea. Was I thinking that people would be interested in reading about my dull life or my dull views? I don't know. Or did I think this blog would turn into my memoir one day? Hmmmm ... Maybe.
Anyway, let me move on to my actual thought.
I live in Europe. Germany to be exact and there's something I realized just a few days ago. Being born in Pakistan, a place where family is beyond and above all, I have been accustomed to always having people around.
Granted, families in Pakistan are far from perfect. In fact the whole system is quite dysfunctional. However, that doesn't change the fact that having people around, who love you no matter what, is the best feeling in the world. Something that nature has intended. Humans are never meant to survive alone.
This whole European concept of individuality, to some extent, is quite necessary, but I'll never be able to understand the need to distance yourself from everyone all the time.
Which brings me back to the idea of family. When I moved here alone, it was quite rough to suddenly change from living with a family of 5 to a single dorm room. But at the time, I loved living alone as well. Away from family drama? Hell, yeah!
But you know, loneliness got to me (and my friends) way before the pandemic, way before the isolations, and the quarantines. So how did we, a bunch of family oriented people, deal with all that?
We made each other our families. We give each other the same amount of love that we give to our siblings and our parents. We're there for each other. Emotionally and physically which is an interesting topic for Germans mostly.
When I tell them, oh I'm going to my friend's, they'll be like oh nice and the moment I say, I'll stay there for a week or two they're suddenly like "Oh mein Gott. Das ist so viel." (if you get the reference, you get the reference.)
But it ist nicht so viel. We've made a support group for each other. A family where finally there's no drama, no judgment (amongst each other. there's always judgment for outsiders). Isn't that supposed to be a good thing? Some emotional reliance, a safe place for guidance?
this is so wholesome!!!
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