Thursday, December 5, 2013

Taking Chances

As life keeps on going from a circle of life to an end of a life I have known, a sober and rude awakening hits me that nothing waits. Love, money, friendship, family or even materialistic things. Yet the hardest thing to decide whether to hold onto something that does you no good  or no longer helps you grow. The hope still lasts as the familiarity and bond makes you hold on. Is it love? Is it the comfort of knowing the flaws and familiarity?

Life is not to be possessed but to be appreciated. There is nothing to hold on to, as we all know, life eventually slips away. We protect young ones from falling down and getting hurt, we protect ourselves from being rejected by others. Our egos dented and bruised by life's harsh reality check, we build a wall to barricade the moments that would hit us hard.

As we build the wall and stay crouched, awaiting the blows from life, we loose sight of all the good things that come with the pain. The lessons, memories, support and friendship because every thing in life comes with a price. Sometimes it is taken away for the better other times, to teach you a lesson.Something lost, is something else gained.There are many cliche sayings such as when one door closes another opens or when God removes something from your hand he replaces it with something better. At the end of the day, all that matters is whether you let the past stay where it is and put your best foot forward and take the plunge. At the end of the day it is entirely up to you to make a decision that either hurts you or fills you with joy, which ever way it goes, the undeniable truth is that it molds and shapes you for the tomorrow you anxiously await. You are defined by the chances you have taken, not by the ones you let slip away, the only question remains; how do you want to be defined?