One

One love

One blood

One life

You got to do what you should

One life

With each other

Sisters

Brothers

One life

But we're not the same

We get to

Carry each other

Carry each other

One

I remember a quote from one of my favorite book Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven it says:

"...there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."

It's amazing to think how our lives can somehow affect other people's lives, good or bad without knowing it. I know most of the time we only think about ourselves and seldom did we try to look beyond our perspective. In my profession I learn not only how to give sympathy but also to stand in someone else’s feet "bookish". Every day I encounter different people with different stories, each of them had their own trials and sufferings. But who am I to change their life? Who am I to alleviate these sufferings? Hmmm... 

Maybe I can be the one who listens and understand? 

Walang makakapantay sa pakiramdam na may nakikinig at may nagpapahalaga sa mga bagay na sinasabi mo. 

or make them feel that they are not alone?

At ang pakiramdam na sa kabila ng pagsubok na pinagdadaan mo hindi ka nag-iisa, may mga taong nakakaunawa sayo.


I really don't know, but there's one thing I know for sure I am more than willing to share a piece of my life with them ... with you.

Taking Chances

I’ve been sitting here in my room the whole day, it feels like there is so much to be done but I don’t have the strength to do it, nope not now. Since I graduated from college and got my license I have been very restless, doing things back and forth and yet it feels like I’m not moving forward or maybe an inch or two from where I stand before. I know I am responsible for my life now and need not to worry about what other people might think, but the pressure inside my head is far greater than I had before. It makes me feel so helpless. And as these thoughts runs inside my head, a song from my playlist caught my attention “Taking Chances”.  Those words resonated in my head, yeah taking chances. Nope I’m not talking about the whole song just those two words, I was drifted away with so many questions in my head. How many chances did I ever had? Am I aware of it? Did a take any of it? Does it make my life any better? Any regrets from the past?

Life is a gamble we all know that, like in poker you win or lose, it’s just a matter of how you play your cards. Nothing in life is certain it’s all these confusing game of decision making, it’s hard but eventually you should make a move to continue playing. And when you throw your dice you can never take it back you just have to hope for the best.

They said Time is very essential, and as they look at me they kept on saying I’m wasting it. Yes! It’s true and it’s very frustrating and sometimes I feel like I passed several chances to win the game of life. I've been throwing the dice and kept on losing, kept on drawing the wrong cards. Did I ever have something good from these games? Yes? No?

Still I believe that everything happens for a reason and I hold on to that. And so I realized instead of whining about these loses I should be searching for these reasons and these chances that I know I should take and start to love my life the way it was and the way it is.