I spend much of my week
muddling through endless tasks. You say it and the list goes on: office works,
attending meetings, incessant phone calls, doing household chores and clearing
bills. I just wonder (at times) that I was set on for a rollercoaster ride -
that simply goes on and on. Filled with constant ups and downs, tears and
laughter, joy and sadness.
And you just can’t imagine how
much I love weekends. Weekends, for me, are the perfect time to set myself on a
predetermined task, un-dictated by time and circumstances around me. I’m much
luckier, too, that I live here in Motithang. Because just a few minutes walk uphill
I can step into the most serene and beautiful hill of Thimphu.
This is the place where
every weekend I march into for a quick stroll. The hill overlooks the entire
Thimphu City. It is, undeniably, an ideal escapism from the stresses of modern
city life; yes, from the rollercoaster ride of life.
Like on all other weekends,
last Saturday, I walked on a meandering footpath here breathing in the spring’s
fresh fragrance. This footpath leads to somewhere faraway. I don’t know precisely
where. And I’ve my hands shoved into my jacket’s pockets – whistling a song
that I really don’t know.
I kept walking and walking
with no precise destination in my mind. By the way, I was just enjoying the
walk as much as those birds wheeling around the spring’s blossoms. I tell you
that walking here is healing and all that, my mind at peace. I can’t explain
you how, for it’s something I cannot put into words.
Should you aspire for a
meditative mind or a peaceful moment after your stressful week, perhaps a walk
here be proposed.