Sitting on the train to Montreal today, I was looking out the window thinking about how beautiful this country is. I have this thought at least once a week. I asked myself “Why do I feel that
I asked Duncan this question when it crossed my mind and he said it’s because it’s all so new, we appreciate it more. I think that maybe a small part of it. I feel it’s multi-faceted. We are in a different mental space now. A friend made a post on Facebook today about a piece of art falling off the wall at an absurd hour and how her reaction was so different to how it would have been when they were still in SA. When you are in a positive mental state, you see things differently. You are able to see the beauty on your doorstep. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but I didn’t realize how on guard we are living in SA. Always waiting for something bad to happen and being mentally prepared to deal with it. I think that seeing my surroundings from a different perspective has also made a difference. I ride my bike into town or ride the train like now. These two new forms of transport allow me to really take in my environment.
The next difference I think is made up of two parts. One, we have a snowy white world for 4months, which is beautiful but also flatter than the present scenery. So ones it all melts the scenery becomes so vivid and bright it stands out so much more than if it was always green. Then there is the vastness of green space here. Most of the scenery I travelled in SA was more African brown grass and bushveld than green. The Midlands was always my happy place. I loved it and felts at peace when we were there. I now have the Midlands everywhere I look. Therefore resulting in this feeling of happiness more frequently. The areas I actually travelled in SA may be the problem. I hope we can do the garden route one day.
So in conclusion I have realized that it’s not that Canada is better, it’s just that I am in a different place mentally and experiencing life in a different way to how I experienced it in SA which therefore leads to a different thought pattern than i previously possessed.
Rolling into Montreal now, so time to stop my ramblings and enjoy our little adventure.
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