”Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Alber Einstein

 

The year 2008 is very strange indeed.  Although it has actually been successful for me, for many people I know, and even for the world, it isn’t.  I undertook a lot of endeavors this year that I wouldn’t have done before.  And yes, I am actually very tired.  2007 was actually more fun compared to 2008, but I believe that I have grown a lot this year.  I was able to show parts of myself that I have never shown before.  I was able to portray a character that people wouldn’t point out to me in the past.  More or less, what I wanted, I worked very hard for it, maybe it’s a picture of the life ahead.  Before, things came out so easily that I didn’t really have to move much in order to attain certain wants.  A picture of life indeed.

 

Next year I will turn the big 20.  I am not longer a teenager.  Even though this life I am controlling right now appears very strainious, the future would be more difficult.  80% of the time, I might not be able to control the output, and I am a very obsessive person.  I want control in my life that is why I control what I can, which is basically the reason why I am writing a list of 25 things to do before I turn 25.

 

1) Fall in Love
2) Get navel pierced

3) Sky dive

4) Watch a movie alone

5) Go to Europe

6) Read all Jane Austen novels

7) Dive in Tubbataha

8) Climb a mountain

9) Hug a complete stranger

10) Make a quarter of a million

 

I know that I need 15 more, but things like these are tricky to fill up.  Plus, some of this, I know have external factors that is not in my control, but I want to make them happen, because when I am 25, life would settle down a bit.

 

Back to 2008.  What value did I gained during this year?  I believe it is strength.  I became stronger in facing life itself.  It’s complexity.

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted” by David Bly

 

A week ago, I encountered my greatest achivement in life..so far.  All I can say is that, all hard work, all tears and frustrations, and even all mistakes are worth it because of that accomplishment.  It would be hard to top that one.  There were instances that I wanted to give up, but since I never give up, I did not, but I was so down that the final picture seemed blurry enough to never get back into focus, but it did.

 

Prayers DO WORK!  We needed something to cooperate with us that we won’t be able to control because it’s in Mother Nature’s power, but we did.

 

So, after everything, there is now something that I am totally proud of.  It is like a child that I’ve conceptualized, nurtured, enhanced until it happened and was done.

 

This year is spectacular.  Just because I made one decision 11 months ago, I actually achieved this one.

 

This entry might seem vague to you dear reader, but it is simply beyond words.