Navigating Life's Transitions: A Journey from the American Dream to Spiritual Fulfillment

Anchal Dimri

I personally have had various transitions in life, good and bad — like the most obvious one — leaving my country to live the American dream. The best transition has been becoming a mom, and the worst one was losing my dad — the healing process took forever, and the only thing that eventually healed me was remembering him in good ways. When you lose a loved one, you also lose a bit of yourself.

Being a mother is a blessing; I personally never felt I was mentally ready for it until it came to me. I guess I doubted my capabilities of being a mom. It has made me a more loving, stronger and patient person. I believe I would have never understood the true meaning of love if I didn’t have my daughter.

With time, age and everything else happening around me, I feel the transition within myself, especially after becoming a mom. I feel more inclined towards my family, country, culture than I ever did. The feeling of belonging is missing somewhere. And I am searching for an unmaterialistic purpose in life. I am directing more towards spirituality and self-realization and trying to find the things that matter most to me.

Now that I realize how difficult it is for me to be away from my daughter for even a day, I am questioning my decisions of whether living an American dream was worth staying away from my family? The time of happiness, festivals and the difficult times when they needed us. Not sure where this transition will lead me in the future, but I feel I will always have a regret in my heart of not being able to be with my family all these years. But this is life — you give away one thing to get another, and you never get it all.