SeanBM
12 Dec 2009
Life / Consider going back to Poland? [90]
I love Ireland and it is always there for me.
I don't feel I have to live there though.
When I was nine years old I was convinced I was going to die, still to this day I do not know why, as nobody I knew was dead.
So with this daunting information, I looked where most people look, to religion.
There were wars about this and that religion, I was in Ireland and I had just come back from Jerusalem.
There were many weird and wonderful religions, non of which everyone agreed upon. They just competed or carried on, with some words of wisdom and a whole load of other stuff that I still find unnecessary.
So I looked to philosophy and politics, again noone had the answer, nobody agreed.
It seemed like people hadn't figured it out yet (still seems like it).
So I thought to myself what do we know for sure or at least agree on.
We live this life, this one life, just once (other lives not included), so I decided I wanted to take a look around the planet before I die.
A good few years ago, I left Ireland for good, to return only for holidays.
I met plenty of people who left their native lands and it seemed that many were always living a second best life in their adopted country.
As they were comparing the negative contrasts of the new country to their native country.
It almost seemed to me that they were sabotaging their happiness and living in the shadow of where they wanted to be, so to negate all that I decided not go back.
This is the type of thing I can not explain well but if you knew me, you'd understand.
I also thought about being Irish and what that means and after how long would I still be able to call myself 'Irish' but then I remembered that there are more Irish people outside the country than in Ireland and that in fact by not living in Ireland, I am by definition, a typical Paddy :)
I came here to Poland about 8 years ago for two years and then I moved to another country and then to another, I am back in Poland about 2 years now.
What can I say, Poland has been good to me.
If I had been in a most of the other countries I have lived, I would be facing terrible loses due to the financial crises.
But it is much more than just the money, I have met and keep in contact with great people here and I really enjoy the mountains and wildlife (bet you would never have guessed by the nature of my threads :)
Do I get home sick? No but I will always visit.
Will I stay in Poland? No but I will always visit.
Will I go back to Ireland? No but I will always visit.
I don't know if any of this will make sense to any of you but there you go anyway.
I love Ireland and it is always there for me.
I don't feel I have to live there though.
When I was nine years old I was convinced I was going to die, still to this day I do not know why, as nobody I knew was dead.
So with this daunting information, I looked where most people look, to religion.
There were wars about this and that religion, I was in Ireland and I had just come back from Jerusalem.
There were many weird and wonderful religions, non of which everyone agreed upon. They just competed or carried on, with some words of wisdom and a whole load of other stuff that I still find unnecessary.
So I looked to philosophy and politics, again noone had the answer, nobody agreed.
It seemed like people hadn't figured it out yet (still seems like it).
So I thought to myself what do we know for sure or at least agree on.
We live this life, this one life, just once (other lives not included), so I decided I wanted to take a look around the planet before I die.
A good few years ago, I left Ireland for good, to return only for holidays.
I met plenty of people who left their native lands and it seemed that many were always living a second best life in their adopted country.
As they were comparing the negative contrasts of the new country to their native country.
It almost seemed to me that they were sabotaging their happiness and living in the shadow of where they wanted to be, so to negate all that I decided not go back.
This is the type of thing I can not explain well but if you knew me, you'd understand.
I also thought about being Irish and what that means and after how long would I still be able to call myself 'Irish' but then I remembered that there are more Irish people outside the country than in Ireland and that in fact by not living in Ireland, I am by definition, a typical Paddy :)
I came here to Poland about 8 years ago for two years and then I moved to another country and then to another, I am back in Poland about 2 years now.
What can I say, Poland has been good to me.
If I had been in a most of the other countries I have lived, I would be facing terrible loses due to the financial crises.
But it is much more than just the money, I have met and keep in contact with great people here and I really enjoy the mountains and wildlife (bet you would never have guessed by the nature of my threads :)
Do I get home sick? No but I will always visit.
Will I stay in Poland? No but I will always visit.
Will I go back to Ireland? No but I will always visit.
I don't know if any of this will make sense to any of you but there you go anyway.