If it makes you happier to leave then perhaps that is the right thing for you to do. If that decision was made for you and you like it where you are, that is too, perhaps the right thing for you.
But just because I choose to stay does not make me stupid, ignorant or apathetic. I’m really tired of people insinuating that. You don’t have to feel sorry for me, nor do you have to feel the need to champion my perceived rights in the safety of your first world country. I know how the winds are blowing and perhaps, I just happen also to know what I want and how to work the system to my advantage. And contrary to my rantings, I am happy where I am. It isn’t perfect – what is? But I’m happy here and that’s most important.
I would just prefer for people to understand that and stop ramming your rhetoric down my throat. Yes, we may not be leading the perfect life where we are. But we stay for a reason, whatever that reason may be. It might be family, it might be that you can and do earn a decent living, or it might just be that you like it here.
So yes, I am happy where I am. Surprised?
If you are as happy where you are as you say you are, stop looking back to see what you left behind or if you are missing out. Stop that pitying look. Perhaps, just perhaps, living here makes me stronger, more wily and less complacent.
I made my choice. Now make yours.
