Take Time to Realize

            Upon talking to several high school friends today, I have come to realize and understand the concept of “realization”... that it is and will always be important to think once in a while. Think not in its literal sense of the mere act itself, but to think twice or even thrice about one’s life. It may not necessarily be deep contemplation nor does it have to be a long-term process. Sometimes all we need is just enough time and courage to realize…

That people change…

            People change for their very own reasons and that the people and experiences they encounter mold them into different beings. Who we were back in high school may not be totally different from ourselves, now in college, but we cannot deny the fact that because of the environmental changes and experiences, we are also not an exact replica of what who we were before. Sometimes we beg people not to change for we already like moreover love them for who they are, but who are we to stop them from changing? We are only one aspect of their ginormous experience called life. I have also come to realize that people change because they want to. People change not only for their experiences but because they choose to grow, maybe not always in they ways we want them to, but they grow towards something different and different is not always bad.

That things happen for a reason, but they also happen because we want them to happen…

            Oftentimes, we hear people use the phrase “things happen for a reason” but the truth is, people use the phrase as an excuse for events or circumstances that they were actually too passive about. Sometimes people choose to say that everything happens for a reason because they were not able to make things happen for themselves. I do believe that no matter how playful or unexpected destiny or fate may be, at the end of the day we are all in control of our lives, that things happen because we choose to make them happen or things do not happen because we choose not to do anything.  Sometimes we are all too caught up with the idea of going with the flow that we set aside the fact that we are the ones who make the “flow” that we choose to go with.

That to move on is to be free…

            No matter how entertaining or interesting it is to be involved in events and relationships…sometimes we all need to move on. We need to move on not only for the sake of saving friendships but people need to move to save themselves, ourselves…save ourselves from lurking in the shadows of what could have been or what might have been. We need to save ourselves from wondering on the “what ifs” or what is still possible out there, because what is possible will always find its way, and we are never really in control of what lies ahead.  No matter how hard moving on may seem, we all need the adequate amount of courage to accept, learn and move forward because indeed, moving on is freeing ourselves from being the prisoners of our very own thoughts. Moving on is taking a step towards “hello the new me” and bidding goodbye to “what used to be me”.

That everything involves a choice…

            Every single thing that happens in our lives involves a choice…that we are all called to make a stand, that the truth is the world is only black and white, and nothing in between.

Sometimes,  despite the numerous things and experiences that we have to realize and understand, all we need is that enough amount of bravery to finally say that all we choose to be..is simply happy.