Moved to US or Moved back to Myself??

As everyone knows, I recently moved to US in Sept., 2007. After a few initial hick-ups and troubles, I (we) started getting used to life here, and started going back to our confort zone.. which everyone wants..

Before I moved here, I was too attached to my work and career, or rather I would say I was very impatient to go up the ladder.. in a way, that took the front seat in life somehow.. Opportunities to move to foreign land kept coming my way, but I never wanted to move out.. partly because of the attachment to the career objectives, and partly because of the fear of unknown..

I have been going around, and have been to many contries.. I always knew life is different in other developed countries, and people give priorities to different things unlike most of us who run after achieving something like position, money, social status, etc. But unfortunately, I never thought to experience that life before I decide to get settled to a place best for me and my family..

After coming to US and getting settled here for a while now, I think this country has thrown me back to my original nature.. I started living for myself, started thinking that it is most important for me to spend time with myself, and my family more than anything. I always knew this, but lately stopped living it, like we all know all the spiritual things, but don't ever implement in life..

I always knew that achieving certin things will make me happy for some time, but at the end of the day, when I will look back at my life, I will regret that I did not spend enough time with the loved ones in my life.. how much do we need to make it a happy living.. but as I said, I knew, but did not live that life.. just knowing doesn't help!! After staying here for half a year, I feel that I have started living this life now..

In a way, I have learnt a lot of things from people in this country.. People here are not really ashamed of whatever they do.. they live for themselves.. Even I started respecting everyone genuinely now, irrespective of what they do, what social or monatery status they carry, etc. It is more important to watch how they handle their lives with whatever they have.. I know most people will say that they also don't differentiate people based on money, or the work they do.. but try to think.. do we really do this??

I am very grateful to my wife for helping me or making me take the decision to move to US.. it improved me a lot as a person.. I have always been very patient, soft, and understanding man.. but lately those things changed.. but they are slowly coming back.. And I think those things are more important to me in life.. It is important to start accepting life as it comes!!