(Desperately) Yearning for the Future

I reside in Toronto, Canada.

When I first came to Toronto in 1999, I used to strongly dislike it. Now, I am starting to really like Toronto, because I have begun exploring it and let go of mental images about "how it should be". I'm simply enjoying it as it is.

However, right now I am not in Toronto. I am on an "epic" trip, backtracking the route I took to get to Canada. I am going through the following countries: England (where I lived for four years), Sweden (where I lived for ten years), and Iran (where I was born and lived for two years).

As I write this, I am in Göteborg, Sweden. This is the city where I grew up. I have a deep love affair with it which began from age six when my family moved here.

I have noticed something strange during my trip through England and Sweden: many people want to be where they are not!

In other words, they want to go and live somewhere other than where they currently are. As if the grass is greener on the other side.

My friends in England want to go somewhere else.

My friend in Stockholm wants to go somewhere else.

My friends in Göteborg want to go somewhere else.

My question to my friends is: visions and dreams are wonderful. And I can understand if you are tired of having lived in one place for too long.

However, how are you going to fulfill your dreams of tomorrow if you reject the realities and opportunities of the present?

(I'm not saying that you are... but it's possible that you are)

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