The thing about attention...

Sometimes, it has to come to the point of hurting before we give it enough attention.

The thing about never knowing what you've got...

This is really a cliche: “You never know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”… but when you have no car and are forced to take public transport for 2 and a half hours for a drive that usually lasts for 30 minutes, it’s something that’s hard to not notice.

The thing about versions of yourself...

As you grow older, you realize that throughout your life, you have different versions of yourself. I don’t know why, but every time I find that I’m with the people from a particular era in my life, I seem to behave pretty much as I did when I knew them. Sometimes, it’s nice to be that version of myself.

The thing about sincerity...

Anything done with sincerity always comes out better.

Trying out something new.

This account has been dormant for half a year. A new software I got from Microsoft makes me just want to start writing again.  For about half of this year, I’ve been sustained by tumblr… a place where I found refuge in little blurbs of thought. When will I get the inspiration to write about random things again? Oh well, you know what they say, those who can’t do, teach. On another aspect, why write about life, when you can live it? :)

The thing about mistakes...

The important thing about committing a mistake is not only in learning from them. It is also important to first realize that you’ve made a mistake, second is that everybody makes mistakes and third, no one is absolutely exempted from making them.

Take a Leap

March 13

It’s so hard to make someone understand something you get, most especially in the case where this person blatantly believes otherwise. I’ve never been much of a sales person really. I’m not the type who can –or who has the guts to—sell something to someone who doesn’t probably want or need it.

I’ve been selling something HARD this past week, and I honestly don’t know how I’m doing. I’ve been getting so much help from people (and promise, I appreciate it a lot). It’s just so hard to make someone see something that appears so clear to you. Having to explain things seem to sort of remove the awesomeness of having understood something so difficult to others. It’s like no amount of explanation or words could justify the feeling that made you believe or made you change your mind. Much like kids in Christmas... I’ve always loved the feeling of Christmas. I can’t describe it. But I always knew the feeling. It felt good.

I’m glad that many people managed to open their hearts and minds to the feeling that I’ve wanted them to experience. Sadly though, people remain to not see it as most of us do. I can’t blame them. Feelings are tricky things. They get influenced by a lot of circumstances and situations and it’s really difficult to control them once in a while. In as much as I am now controlled by the positive feeling of opening up myself to something so good, they are equally entitled to embrace their feeling of betrayal, disappointment and mistrust.

I know though that sometimes, we are all just fearful of taking the leap into the unknown. IT IS SCARY. But oftentimes, the fear before taking a leap so great, makes it all worth it... and I’m looking forward to that moment. J