Humans as we are, part of our humanity is the feeling of homesickness. It attacks you anytime, anywhere and before you ares aware of it, your tears just begin falling down your cheeks. Some tips are in order for sanity and order: Tips how to overcome Homesickness Attack (OHA) while in New York City or anywhere in the world. Homesickness as an attack should not be taken literally. Attack is used to mean that homesickness is like a reflex action. It comes or surfaces without much thought. It is triggered by the surroundings we are in or movie we are watching or play we are looking at or a pet being cuddled by its loving owner. Precisely because it is natural ergo rational, it can be overcome.
We offer at least six (6) tips to combat OHA.
1) Homesickness comes from two words: home and sickness. As such it is good to think of our loved ones from home and remember you are away from them because of them. Sickness in this context is not physical but emotional so like a “dis ease”.
2) To overcome this “attack” and “dis ease” is to catalyze these feelings through your gift of openness and positive attitude towards life situations;
3) Since homesickness confronts you any time and/or any where then have your journal ready to release the present state of your mind at the time of its occurrence. So be ready with your cell phone to take pictures of extraordinarily beautiful sights to redirect your energies or eat your favorite food or dessert or begin to write in your journal;
4) Being homesick myself, my” defense” is “offense”. My daughter is presently working here in New York City and she herself shared her Homesickness Attacks (OHA) and one effective defense she actually did and was successful in doing so was to cry when there was need and called home once time allowed her – what with the 12 hour delay between US and Asia. Even her beloved dog was aware of the homesickness so part of the call was to communicate via Duo Messenger, face-to-face hi’s and hello’s. This back and forth communication was regular especially on week-ends;
5) Use all your gifts to “pay forward”, more specifically when you have been blessed abundantly. Life’s ambivalence is in giving not in receiving. This is made more poignant when the recipient of your generosity is really experiencing life’s worst trials;
6) As in Desiderata: we echo: “With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Strive to be happy.” In relation to OHA, strive to wear it with a smile and hope for a better tomorrow.
Every OHA ends…