I’ve landed in Canada safely. This country feels special now. It’s air, look and aura is liberating. No fear of being caught is running in me. No restrictions over my travel distance and no surveillance over my movement is in place. It’s freedom all over the place. Freedom is in the air I breathe. It is the hugs of friends I embraced upon my arrival. It’s in the cold weather I’ve not experienced it for years. I love this and this is huge.
To my well wishers, acquaintances, relatives and friends across the oceans, I am humbled and moved to my core for your wishes, prayers and overpowering love you have shown all the way. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I really feel short on words to communicate my feelings of gratitude in the best possible way.
To my sponsors ESP Stephan Watt and co, what can I say to justify my feelings of how thankful I feel for the services and efforts you have put forth to bring me to Canada. You guys are awesome and special. I owe this freedom to each and everyone of you. Love you all.
To my friends still bound in the chains and shackles of uncertainty, please to stick to HOPE and hold on to the ropes of it. Your day will come. You will taste freedom. You will have your wings back and you will fly. Not matter how hard it is, just busy your mind with positive thoughts. Hang on there, the light of freedom is sparkling on the horizon.
I know, how much you guys have gone through because I walk the same shoes too. From endless sufferings of immigration detention center to mental torture of immigration officails, everything was sick and distressing. How about the indifference of relevant officials which have resulted in the mental health issues of most refugees. Instances of stress, depression, anxiety, purgatory, insomnia, amnesia, of mental health issues are rife among refugees but who cares, No One!
I had this experience of Appendix when I was in Immigration Detention Center. I could have died, had it not been my friends. I was complaining of stinging pain, yet the officials tried to placate my pain with usual pain killers. Instead of shifting me to hospital they kept prescribing me with those pills. Once at the hospital, I had to go through an emergency operation because the Appendix was about to burst. Could it have bursted, I would not have been alive today.
All of us have tough days in our lives. We must try to convert them into the windows of opportunity. My life would go in waste if i kept whining. I rather thought of starting doing something to make myself busy and learn a skill. So I kicked off learning photography. Initially, I did clicks of photography with a low quality cell phone camera but later on, things kept coming and today I am proud of my achievements.
