realisations

Our existence allows us to experience innumerable lessons presented to us by life's circumstances.These lessons can be truly relevant or even something trivial. They can be life-changing, either in a good way or in a bad way, as we continue to further the length of our lifeline.

It has been years now since the last time I had my introspection. I had so much of self searching and reflecting during the early years of my adulthood maybe because it was the time I was choosing the right path to take in life.

Introspection has always been a beautiful experience because it makes me more in tune with myself and I feel it grows wisdom in me as I ponder on the very core of my being. Last night, I was scribbling down a list of the important realisations I have made so far in my 30 plus years of being alive. I do this as a way of "killing time" or "making me sleep".

Before I went dead to the world, I was able to write down my TOP FIVE realisations in life:

1. It is human to take advantage for his own benefit.

I encountered people who are around because they can benefit from being around somebody. They are like parasites who depend on the host. Once the host is dead, the parasites leave. Actually, I cannot blame them because we all need to survive.

2. Pain follows happiness.

I was very happy to finally get my candidacy for baccalaureate graduation, but then after some days my father died. We had this unforgettable high school reunion and ties were finally rekindled, but a tragic death of one of our closest classmates followed after three days. We had again a reunion not in a beach resort or hotel anymore, but in a funeral. I know I sound weird and morbid, but that is my experience. Don't get me wrong because I strongly believe that after the pain, happiness comes around. It is just a cycle.

3. Everyone has a dark side.

Sometimes I see people who have this too-good-to-be-true image, but I can bet my life that they are not who we think they are. There is no one perfect so we can already stop pretending to be perfect. We all have our evil and dark personality. Instead of suppressing it, why don't we embrace it because it is a part of who we really are. I know I have one...

4. You can never lose what you never had.

We find it difficult to let go of people and relationships because we are hurting. We cannot accept the fact that some things are not meant to last. But the worst part is when you are hit in front of your face that some people can easily throw us out because we were never important to them in the first place. It was a one way ticket relationship to start with.

5. There is always something better to come.

I don't know whether I am just trying to convince myself or I am really an optimistic person. But in this life, I am a living testimony that what I have right now and who I am right now are far greater than what I had and who I was before. There were stumbling blocks I encountered but I was able to weather them because I have faith that somewhere at the end of it all, something better awaits me.

NOTE

There are several experiences I have had to prove my generalisations true. These are my personal experience and I also observe them from others. I am nothing saying these are the truth, but these are true in my personal point of view.