The cities make you stay but the mountains make you be

The never changing stillness of these larger than life mountains,
these trees standing there, embracing life like no other living beings.
The people, the food, their culture, even these houses speak a language that welcomes people from everywhere.
So welcoming that it can overwhelm anyone from a metro city coming here for the 1st time, yet so infectious that everyone who comes here becomes a part and nobody wants to leave

This WFH culture has made it so much easier for people to even work from their favorite places. I mean no body could have imagined this 10 years ago.

6 years back when I started working here as a live musician, I used to feel privileged because most of us would work our asses off in a 9-5 shift, and only get to visit such places in holidays, but I was actually living here for a livelihood. Enjoying every bit of this place.

Life was a bit slower then. Never realised it was a luxury until now. Now when I come here, the trails are replaced by roads, cozy chalet replaced by luxury hotels, ropeways replaced by wifi cables and so much more

Gone are the days when mountains were an escape, feels like we are dragging our luxuries to mountains to escape it's raw energy.

A part of me wants to move away to farther heights where wheels can't reach, where there is solace and not chaos. Where there is bonfire instead of lights. Where we sit around each other and connect organically instead of connecting the world with cables.
But then I think, once humans reach that far, will that place still be the same??

I was looking at a picture of mountains i drew when I was 4.
And it looked nowhere like the pictures I could click of the present.

That handmade picture had no concrete roads, no lights flashing, no cables hindering the view. No luxury stays. Just the mountains, the trees, birds and everything love.

I will have to break my chain of thoughts here and focus on what I came here for my work.
Happy Holidays.