December 31, 2014
New Year’s Eve
Dear friend,
With every passing year, each and every one of us has hope for the upcoming year to be better or to be the best that we have. Even the most saddest and depressed person on Earth has some kind of glimmer of hope in them and to ignore or deny the fact that there is foolish.
In the four corners of my room, I sit still thinking of the upcoming year. While most of us are busy preparing for the upcoming year, I am left to wonder about the days that have passed in the past year. Surely, everyone does that but the thought of not allowing me to do this will be great injustice to the memories and experience I have made throughout the year.
A great deal of sadness and joy flocked around me this year. I will not go into specifics but I will only give the few yet valuable things I learned this year.
Take the risk
In every opportunity to grow or to fail there is a risk. We may not believe it but the universe and all that are in it conspires to help us grow. Growth is not measured with the success or the popularity of what we have done nor it is the failure that we had to go through but it is rather the fulfillment of attaining greater heights and filling the gaping hole in our existence which was left by our failure.
Do not be afraid to reinvent yourself.
In the end of the first quarter of the year, I found myself in a situation in which I would have to reinvent who I am and who I have established to become because of it. Take note that that it was choice to be put in that kind of situation. I just didn’t expect to face it but I did. I reinvented myself. I adapted to the situation without losing myself and out of it I was able to create a new identity; a better version of myself.
The thing is, sometimes we are faced in such situations that we are challenged to reinvent ourselves; to challenge our beliefs and what we stand for. Reinventing doesn’t necessary losing who you are before. It is simply, choosing the parts of your totality and merging it with the new lessons learned. Just do not be afraid to reinvent who you are.
Vulnerability is not weakness.
Everyone has their own moments of vulnerability where they probably found themselves waking up with a bad taste in their mouth because of the unmeasurable amount of intake of alcohol or just the memories of a lost lover, a missed opportunity that meant a great deal or a stupid decision that made a mess out of a lot thing.
In these moments of silence where we think that the world is crashing down, the end is near or all you want to do is escape, you can find the aspect of your being who is strong but the first you thing you have to do is suck it up and find a way to the deal with all the shit that was shoved in your face.
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain, It’s the loneliness if it.
- The Giver, The Giver
No matter how good your intentions are there will be people who will misunderstand it.
In life, there are mysteries that can never be solved. The same thing that there will be experiences that won’t be understood unless explained and the mere fact of explaining will take a lot of effort and there are instances that there is no need for it to be explained.
We choose to act in ways that are according to our will. We try to plan out our lives and unconsciously also those that we share it with. In these plans that they’re included, you make it to a point that everyone will benefit from it whether the actual process will include crude process but in the end you know that they will but along the way, you might encounter that it won’t be like what you plan and no matter how good your intentions were, you were misunderstood but remember that the end does not justify the means.
Take care of yourself.
Even if you give everything your all to the world or whatever you’re doing, always take care of yourself. Cliché as it may sound but your health is indeed your wealth. No amount of money can bring you back from dead (once your soul leave your body; totally ignoring all the fiction and claims here). Take simple steps in taking care of your temple; the source of your excellence. It will be better to take a rest that burn yourself out doing the things you want to do or so you thought.
