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'Wherever you go, there you are'

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Migrating, Like Depression, Is Not a Single Event

For me, being happy means do not suffer, basically. Sometimes i forget that i'm depressed. I take my meditations every day as if i was taking bitemis. Migrating, just like depression, is not a single event. Happens every day when you get up. Happening every time you meet someone and they notice your accent. Every occasion someone makes an old cultural reference and you don't get it. It happens every time something important happens back at home, and you're not there for that. The birthday, the death, the celebration, the sickness. Good news, bad news, no news, just life, and you's not there for any of it.

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