It is the experience of most people who are working away from home that once you get over the "hump" you start to hanker for home and that is my situation here in Kerala at the beginning of March. What are the approaches which work in this situation? One trick is to go home early which our daughter Michelle did before Christmas last year. She was volunteering in Port Morsby and
was not due to come home until mid-January but she surprised us and made a Christmas present of herself. What a joy!
Another approach comes from the same source. I visited Michelle while she was teaching in the Himalayas in West Bengal in 2012. I was leaving just after Easter and she still had a few weeks to go. As I suspected she was experiencing some despondency at my departure after such a wonderful stay I suggested she do the fundamentals well. Concentrate on doing what she could for the children and concentrate on the relationships.
A third strategy might be to focus on your misery and ruin the remainder of the stay.
The middle one of these is, of course, the most productive, if the most difficult. I will try to teach the Brothers as well as I can right up until my departure and to focus on developing the relationships with those around me. That, I am sure will harvest the best outcome. Who knows, I might even do some good.
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| Me showing a German visitor how to secure the Lungi with a belt so it won't fall down. |
Another approach comes from the same source. I visited Michelle while she was teaching in the Himalayas in West Bengal in 2012. I was leaving just after Easter and she still had a few weeks to go. As I suspected she was experiencing some despondency at my departure after such a wonderful stay I suggested she do the fundamentals well. Concentrate on doing what she could for the children and concentrate on the relationships.
A third strategy might be to focus on your misery and ruin the remainder of the stay.
The middle one of these is, of course, the most productive, if the most difficult. I will try to teach the Brothers as well as I can right up until my departure and to focus on developing the relationships with those around me. That, I am sure will harvest the best outcome. Who knows, I might even do some good.
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