J1 - Life's Short

"This life is for yours to take. No one will ever steer for you on where you want to go. You got to do all of it yourself. We are only here as a guide but the rest of it, its all up to you!"

~Words of Wisdom from J1 m@m@~

There was a picture on the newspaper where a bunch of 18 year old girls, all dressed up in Han Dynasty costumes, going through a ceremony for turning 18. It is a ceremony where they celebrate the fact that they have all grown up now and have a need to understand the responsibilities at hand.

(Its fascinating whenever you want a sign, they don't come to you. But when you stare at random things, they're like RIGHT THERE in front of you and you're just like, "Huh, a sign,")

Its also funny how we're just walking aimlessly in our lives, thinking that everything is going great than suddenly, BAM! We hit a sign and fall flat on our faces. (Think that its called a "turning point") We hit a lot of turning points in our lives and I think it takes a lot before the message actually decoded in our brains. For example, people tell you not to do it but as delinquents we are, we kept on doing it. Over and over and over and over again. We sometimes don't know why we kept on barging on the same wall but we just do it till we have a concussion. Then we realized, "Ooooooh, that's not the door!"

What ever happened to the whole quick learning thing we had when we were kids? I mean, as little kids we would do something stupid like throw a pebble at a dog and once being ripped to shreds by it, it just clicks to us that it is indeed stupid to throw a pebble at a dog. I think generation nowadays enjoy being inflicted by pain. I find it rather comical since I'm picturing dominatrix happening all over the place.

We get hurt once, we go back again.
We get hurt twice, we get hooked onto it.
We get hurt thrice, oh god its suicide time!

I mean, if things aren't turning out the way you want em to be, just change them yourself! Cause you can make the best out of any situation. Just look at the glass half full and just try to be strong. It is never easy to be an optimist cause its always easier to give up and give in. But consider this, you only have one life at hand. One life at stake and time is simply just going by really fast. Realized this, that once you lose time, you will never have the chance to get it back ever again. Like, yesterday's history and tomorrow is always a mystery. But today that the day you have, its a gift. That's why they call it the present. (Words from Kung Fu Panda...XD)

Another thing to realize, that the choices you make or don't make. Don't blame it on someone else when its not going your way. Cause if you made the choices and the sacrifices, you wouldn't be living such a shitty life at the current moment. Everything is a chain reaction. You just got to set it off, at the right tempo, at the right time. And life is like riding a roller coaster (and it sucks since we say it metaphorically and not literally cause it would be cool to just live everyday riding an awesome roller coaster). You got to take in the bads, if you ever want the goods. So that it balance everything out. Cause you can't always have it all. (And if I don't succeed as an artist I will try to become a Zen master! XD)

So, seize the day! Live up every moment! Don't do drugs and don't be suicidal! Cause no matter how deep you fall, stay strong and surely you will rise again!

Life is short, so try not to take it for granted.