Living with the Chickens

I want  to share this one brief scenario which must have been a dialogue between a budding couple but eventually became a monologue for some reason.

It is one of those usual days that the two of them are together when the guy said, “If I would ask you to leave everything here in the city and go with me in some quiet place to  live our lives together..”

I must say that there must be some believably-good promises that comes along with that to make it irresistible enough for the woman not to turn him down.

He continued, “We will live a happy life..”

Not a bad promise but a little scary because there’s no specifics. It‘s hard to depend on  general terms alone.

“It will be you and me..”, it’s him again.

The two of them together. Okay, that’s mostly where couples start. Fine.

“.. and the chickens.”

After those last three words, the guy himself laughed at what he said. The woman’s face was blank.

You and me and the chickens. Where did it came from? For two people, or let’s say for a couple who’s so used to living a life in the city, why would they want or prefer to live a life with the chickens?

The ‘chickens’ represents a simple life. Ideally, it is living in the countryside with peace and comfort without having to hustle through the bustle of the city. The city life is demanding in its own terms. Our schedules usually cannot fit within the twenty-four hours of the day. We need more time and more energy because there is so much things to be done. But not everyone can leave the city even if there is a promising life outside it’s vicinity. Because our world revolves here. It isn’t true for everyone that we can live the rest of our lives in a place where we can always hear the birds chirping and enjoy the sight of the waterfalls with the one we love, nor live in an isolated paradise with only the two of you. Sweet! Though we may actually enjoy such in a week time or maybe a month but boredom would surely get into us sooner. We will get tired of it and we will always run back to the world where we belong and where we used to live our lives.

Though we always complain how much we’re tired and how much we hate our bosses and how much we need vacations to rest & relax, we still love being in the city. But most of us doesn’t know that we can actually have as much peace and comfort without leaving the world that we always knew.

Here are some points that may help direct us to what we’re missing:

• Take a break from the net.  Spend less time on trying to catch up with friends we barely know and take it slow on following trends but establish strong bonds with our partners, take time to nurture and look after our relationships.
• Manage our time effectively to be able to squeeze in everything within the day and not be consumed up by chatting with netfriends at work, the endless non-business phone calls and personal emails.  
• Learn to prioritize things so as not to be engulfed  by the career that we hold, the gigs that we go to and the hours & hours of malling that tires us up insensibly.
• Connect with our inner selves constantly. Take  time to stop and smell the roses, greet the morning with a big smile and watch the stars in the evening sky.

We can try to sort out all the things in our lives and find out what’s really important to us.  Try to determine the things that we value the most.  The bottomline  is we all want a happy life so we need to look for ways on how to achieve it and work for it.

We can live with the ‘chickens’ despite being in the city.  We only need to learn how to manage our everyday lives well .

Wishing everyone a sweet life!