4/30/10

missing the countryside

Although I am from NOWHERE near the Southern United States, lately I've been feeling to attached to the southern way of life. Since I was young, whenever I went to the countryside and saw those hills of nothing but farmland, it would bring me to an inner peace. I always had that small voice inside my heart (not head) saying "I belong here. This is me." and the same feeling resurges itself every time I go to a rural place. Every time I hear country music, I feel a twinge in my heart. I feel so nostalgic, it's so strange. The only thing is, I know that my superficial self, the one I exude in my everyday life, could NEVER be able to handle living in a rural town or the countryside. I feel like I've been divided into two. One part of me is the city girl who loves air conditioning, take out, manicures, and designer handbags whilst the other part of me loves fishing, rolling hills, the simplistic life of the countryside, and the feeling of the cool summer breeze on your boiling skin while sitting on the porch of your farmhouse. It's so weird but I feel much more connected to the country bumpkin within me than the city girl. I don't know if I'll ever have the guts to move to a small town but I know that's where my true self lies.

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