Just Go With It

Living in a different country can be a stretch of your flexibility.  Think about it, we have our daily routines of simply living.  We tend to take so many things for granted, like grocery stores, clean and safe water, good medical options; the list could go on.

 The point in all of this is to remind myself that sometimes you just have to go with it.  We have made it a point to live a more "simple" life while living in Singapore.  We are only going to be here for two years so little things like a blender, and electric mixer etc.... have not been purchased.

 There are days when I find myself thinking "you know, I could really use a......"  just fill in the blank it doesn't matter what it is.  We have been here for almost nine months now and have done just fine without the item so why buy it now?

Will it make my life easier - maybe- but in reality what are we going to do with it when we move?  If we have lived for nine months with out it do we really need it for the next 15 months?  The item we think we need may make some parts of life quicker, easier, or bring joy into our days but..... is it really necessary?

What a delicate balance, keeping focus on the temporary and yet making Singapore truly a "home" and not just a temporary dwelling place.

I am finding that my definition of what makes my home a "home" has changed a bit since we have been living here.  Please don't misunderstand, Singapore is an extremely nice place to live.  People refer to it as a "paradise island" and in some respects that is true.

Singapore is safe, it is clean, the people for the most part are polite and it is efficient.  We find that even with all of our creature comforts in place it is still hard sometimes to do our day to day living.

It is people in our lives that make our home "home".  We find that we are not missing the creature comforts of our home in WI, what we are missing is our relationships.  These are the things that can not be replaced.

God has provided amazing people in our lives here in Singapore and we have been very fortunate to have people we love come and visit us while we are here we are very grateful for that.  When we think about how nice it would be to have a ............ we remember that we have been fine without it so far and we don't really need........ so we will just go with it and do with out it.