Saturday, March 31, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Long Time

It's really been a long absence, and I don't really have an excuse except that I've been invariably caught up in the whirlwind of life. Between my last post and now, I've had opportunities thrown at me, made many endearing memories, overanalysed everything, and have had a million changes of hearts. Yesterday night I had a conversation with an old friend and made a very special observation about myself that I hadn't realised before; I'm much more resilient than I think. Things that we could never predict often happen, and sometimes, these things suck. But that shouldn't stop us from throwing ourselves out there and taking risks, because, as The Strokes sang wisely (and NOT Lil' Wayne), you only live once. Life is too short, and if we didn't seize the day like we were blessed to do, we would be doing ourselves a disservice. We are lucky in that many of us have the opportunity to have a career, close friends and relationships, when others on the opposite side of the globe would not even consider these things because it seems so trivial when compared to what they have to deal with. But we lucky ones, why do we hold ourselves back?