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A Place in Which I am Happy to Die (No, This is a Happy Post . . . Really!)

3/14/2019

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Yesterday marked the fourth year anniversary of my move to western Hungary. I normally do not keep track of such things since I have a tough enough time remembering more important dates like my wedding anniversary, yet for some reason, yesterday I recalled I had arrived to Sopron, Hungary on March 13, 2015. Last year, March 13 slipped by unacknowledged, but this year I became acutely aware of the date. I don’t know why. Perhaps it was just a gentle reminder to take a moment to reflect on the time I have spent here.

I certainly do not wish to bore anyone with the details of the four years I have spent in the northwestern part of Hungary, but I will say this – after more than a decade of wandering the globe, I have once again found a place I can call home. I cannot imagine leaving the place I am now or moving anywhere else. I say this not because my circumstances here are perfect or ideal, but they are perfect and ideal enough – at least for me and my family. For the first time in nearly twenty years, I can honestly say I am content. A sense of balance and harmony I haven’t experienced in decades has slowly returned. I am confident I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. My family is happy. I live in Reality. What more could a man possibly want?
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I once jokingly told a friend I would settle down if ever I found a place in which I would be happy to die. Though it sounds rather morbid, I have found that place, and there is no place else I want to be. 
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Bruce Charlton
3/15/2019 09:03:38

I think it is a good thing to admit - even if only to oneself - that 'I am in the right place'.

Of course nobody knows what the future may bring - but this is an antodote to the counterproductive type of 'if only' daydreaming, and an incentive to get-on-with doing what we ought-to-be doing - starting now!

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Francis Berger
3/15/2019 11:28:16

Thanks, Bruce. You have no idea how much time I wasted throughout my life in the 'if only' daydreaming state you mention.

You're right - nobody knows what the future holds, but for the time being, it is good to put that kind of counterproductive thinking behind me and focus instead on what I should be doing.

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