It has been a good experience

It has been two and half months since I made the move to come over to Manchester, UK with family for a longer stint. It has been a good experience so far. There are some difficulties in the day to day life which actually helped me gain a good perspective and helped me learn relax myself naturally. For example, in here I have no car to commute to office or to take my family around. It made me commute to office through public transport system. I walk to the tram station for about 10 minutes each way and that too in the increasing cold conditions from autumn to winter. That in itself can't be regarded as a comfort and yet it I find myself relaxed better executing this daily process. Sounds a little funny when I mull over it. I read somewhere that when a man stays close to the life style that make use of his body parts for the purpose they are made for, he will be much happier. It doesn't necessarily mean that I would want to walk to Manchester from Bangalore rather than taking a flight. My intention is just to bring up a point that naturally occurred to me. A good exercise to your body in manner that is not too deliberately decided by the mind, will actually help relax your mind better and as a consequence it helps you make better decisions and this resultant cycle indeed lets you flush out some of the temperamental idiosyncrasies from your personality as well. Well, that is one side of the story. On the other side, there are issues when you want to go and bring weekly groceries or want to take kids to a park, shopping or a restaurant. It requires a good plan and more work ahead for any of these things to happen without much struggle. So, this time around it is the deliberate design and guidance from the mind that actually helps me relax. Sounds contradicting !! but then it is true that it naturally occurred to me that I am actually relaxing by planning better in this case. May be I am actually having a right mixture of exercise for the body and the mind in the day to day life. Possible! it is just a thought for now. I might have to think deeper to understand how I am able relax better in two contrasting situations. I had better comforts and better time for several things in the past but was never able to relax as much as I am able to do now. Is it because of the change of circumstances? or is it because of the compulsion to adapt to new circumstances? does that mean when you are learning or adapting you are more relaxed? Is there something called steady state or we only have milestones in the journey? Much to ponder over until the time I write again. See you soon !!