Monday, August 13, 2012

realizing dreams


When we were younger, we have a vision of what we wanted to be and where we should be.  We have our goals set and dreams we wanted to achieve.  Regardless of the course of action we are to take, we are so eager to get them.  We are persuasive of achieving them.  The path to achieving our goals and dreams are not an easy path but regardless we are so aggressive in pursuing them.  
We are always up to the challenge and never hesitant in chasing our dreams.  As we grow old, the path becomes hazy and topsy-turvy that we stop for a moment in chasing that dream of ours.  That moment sometimes takes us a long time, until we finally become contented and complacent with what we have that we have finally end the chase.  
And after the moment of complacency and contentment surpasses, we feel the emptiness and find ourselves seeking for something.  Seeking for something that we have lost, seeking a part of us that we have forgotten.
That moment of realization, will keep us company days and nights.  Trying to figure out what went wrong.  Until we finally reach the moment and recall when we stopped going for our dreams.  The hazy and topsy-turvy path that we had are necessary and beneficial to us in achieving what we wanted to accomplish.  It paves our pathway towards our dreams.  Shapes our talent and enhance our skills, preparing ourselves for a longer and tougher battle in pursuing our goal.  It is the "how" in how we can achieve them.
Our dreams usually does not leave us.  There are no such things as dreams not meant for us.  Because most of the time we just grow old and grow tired of chasing and pursuing them that we become contented of what is laid in front of us.
Let the inner child in you be the best inspiration in going after your dreams.  Aggressive, persuasive and never hesitant.  

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

my train ride


On my way to taguig, I took the MRT.  The longest and most meaningful ride of my life.  The train was not crowded, yet I chose to stand and have a full view of EDSA.  Things have been going on with my life lately, issues were running my mind and they just won’t leave me alone.  But that Saturday, I had the most meaningful train ride of my life.  It was not really that long yet it was life I was able to look back to how my life was.  The challenges I have encountered before.  The trials that I thought I would never surpass, yet I survive them all.  It was maybe less than 15 minutes, yet my whole life seems to flash back before my very eyes.  The stumble I had when I was 15 yet I manage to stand straight after that fall.  The upside turn of events when I was 18 yet I survive it.
The ride made me realize who I was and what was I made of.  And that I was strong enough to overcome the trials that I am facing.  That I will find clarity in all the confusions and crossroads I am encountering.  And that above all, I have all the support and trust of all my loved ones.  If at 15 or 18, I manage to overcome them, when I had limited capability what more now??  When I have fully discovered my strength.  When my visions of the path that I am taking are clear enough to be distracted.
I would never forget that train ride on One Rainy Saturday.  Because it made me reconnect with my self. The strength I always had to move on with my life.  The ability to inspire, influence and affect others.