An awakening...

Remember when you were a little kid? You used to have big dreams. You wanted to become a doctor, a rich businessman, a loving mother/father, a nurse, etc. We used to dream of what we'll be when we grow up. Now that we're all grown up, what happened to those dreams? Have you been so busy that you barely have time to start living your life? Always go back to how you were as a little kid, how that little boy/girl would react when (s)he sees you now. Will that little kid be proud or disappointed? It's never too late to change things. You're still alive, you can still make that little kid proud of you. When the sun is setting in your life, at least you can look back and say that you lived the life you wanted.

Every now and then we are reminded of this yet we brush it off and go on with our boring life. We let each day pass by and we still focus on things that don't really matter. We get so caught up on what's urgent and we forget on what's important. We work... We work every day and we spend very little time on what makes us feel alive. Say this to a kid and they won't understand why adults do that. Yes, we have obligations but seriously now... Obligations will never go away. Bills would keep on coming. When we're done saving up to get a car, we focus on getting a house then we complain about all the bills and all the obligations that goes with it. We just don't stop, do we? We are so hungry for so many things then we complain that it's stopping us from actually living.

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." Here's a quote I really like because it's really true. Why don't we change our perception of life? Why don't we think about our life today, why we have this kind of life and why are we unhappy? Why say the glass is half empty when you can it's half full? Just think about it...

Obligations... It's not an excuse. Can you list down the number of things you wanted to do but never did? What's stopping you? Take time to just let go of all the hurdles that's in the way for you to actually enjoy the life you have. We are not in this world forever. This is just a place to prepare us for what comes next. It is also the time when we can enjoy being human... being a part of this planet. Why don't you take that chance and just jump... be free... Feel how the world can be so wonderful.

I am going to live my life. Thank You Lord for the big reminder.