Life’s too short for drama
All these years, we've been playing safe to avoid pain and suffering. We were protected from conception to adulthood. Some of us even have our parents’ vigilance, care and security even when we have our own family. It’s human nature. They can’t just let us be. It was designed from the beginning of time.
Until we decide to ignore them.
We did stuffs they didn't know. Stuffs that we know might hurt or betray them. We didn't care or think about them, so long as we were happy, fulfilled, thrilled. We were too dense and fearless. Flying to the unknown means being brave. We wanted to show what we can do on our own.
Being on our own. It was uncovering life for the second time. The second we stepped outside, we knew that myriad of things lie ahead. They are just waiting for us to meet and touch them. The rustle of the leaves, dark path, slippery rocks, straining upward climb, stepping on the edge of the cliff, the wind on your face – heartening to dance your whole body, the bottomless water waiting for you to fall. They might scare you off. You could get injured. But why are you there in the first place? It’s not the place to be safe, no soft fleece or couch to sit comfortably with, no clean food to eat on a nice table. All those things that make you comfortable each day are not there and you know it. You know it from the beginning.
But you are there. You are there because you’re tired of the normal. There’s so much people and places in life waiting for you to see. It’s not the difficulty, the fear, the uncertainty nor the failure. It’s what you encounter and how you will react to it. That shows who you are. And as I type this I can’t help to smile that I chose to be who I am. I chose to live the life I wanted. I might not get luxury at all times, but being in love, being loved, doing things I want and can do, having people to think and care about, it’s more than enough to be contented.
Not all the time. I will not get what I want at all times. I can feel sulky and sad because of that. I can feel all things because that’s how I am. I can get hurt, but I should remind myself that I am not just for my own. I am being shared by people who love and care. I am bound to be a daughter, a sister, a mother, a wife, a friend, or someone particular in someone’s life.
So when I am permitted to search for the unknown, I take it with all my might. I shall prove that being myself, makes me learn that life has so many things in store for each and every one of us.
Life is too short to waste. I do not want to think of death every day. I’d rather think of what I can do each day to make it worthwhile. So stop sulking, stop thinking of the things you can’t do. Get up and live. You never know what lies ahead until you take a step outside.
-A