womenthatwrite

"Goodbye" was never my favorite word. It reminds me of all the times I have shed tears for a loss I wish never happened. It gives me this looming sense of fear from breaking from what I perceive as comfortable. Psychologists would have a field-day trying to decipher my animosity towards farewell. I would have been the perfect subject to test their theories on. =)

But as I experience life, I have learned that goodbye is as vital as hello. Change will always find a way to articulate itself in our lives. No amount of hiding can stop it from happening. When one opens her heart and eyes to the world around her, one can see how positive change can be. It allows you to plant your roots elsewhere, it allows you to touch other people's life as they touch yours, and most importantly, it brings about personal growth. A big step towards self-actualization.

I am no expert in life, I think I'm too young to make claims of what is right and wrong. As my professor in Uni once told me, a true inspirational writer is one who has experienced life, the beauty it beholds and the harshness of its realities, and yet, finds the passion within himself to put to words, learnings he wishes to impart to his readers.

I have a long way to go in experiencing life, in cherishing its beauty, in wallowing in its hardships, in accepting farewells...I am still a work-in-progress, for tears would well-up as soon as I know, end is near. But I have learned to look forward to new beginnings, new hello's, while cherishing old memories and holding them dear to heart...

Life will always be how we DECIDE to see it...since the choice is in our hands, decide to be happy in spite of life's unending moments of changes!