2012 is a big year for me, and it sure was for everyone else I can imagine!
We all waited for the world to end on the 21st of December. That highly anticipated day came. It happened. It passed. Facebook statuses going bonkers and twitter feeds trending like no tomorrow.. haha pun intended.. the end of the world came and it passed. And we are still here. Dealing with our daily lives and going on business as usual.
This year has been a big one for me.
I made a promise to myself this time last year to change the way I was living my life. To live for myself and myself only. To move forward from the darkness of the past into the light of the future. To keep my head held high, my might so strong, and my will to carry on and be a better person. I vowed to myself that if I could make a change in myself so positive, I could achieve my goals in life. I could move forward and become the person I knew I could potentially be.
If you scroll down my facebook page, you'll notice a status on the 1st of 2012 saying, "2012 is my year", and it sure was!
I had finally made peace with myself regarding my trip to Senegal, with friends and family that I wasn't on such great terms with, and I decided to bring my passion up a notch and opened Smile for World Peace. An itch that had been itching for way too long before I finally scratched it with this blog! My very first blog post skyrocketed and many took a liking to the content and my style of writing. It was on the 21st of May that I published my first post and since, 7 months later, I have grown as a writer. The ways in which I try to make sense of the world is conveyed in my writing. And I've learned a lot about myself and about the writing process as a result! Definitely something they won't teach you in school! Lesson here: Follow your passion and scratch that itch thats been itching you!!!!
This summer was quite trivial. Perhaps the most challenging thus far. I started working for the very first time. I worked as a fundraiser and then as an admissions counsellor for a distance education institution. I had learnt so much about the workforce, about people, and most importantly about myself and the value of a hard earned buck! Again, lessons you will not learn in school!
Soon enough, fall came around and so did the beginning of the school year. I realized how comfortable I had gotten in my tiny Scarborough campus at UofT and felt at home. I opened up in a way I had once done at Marianopolis. I fit right in, with my Jansport on my back, I felt like I could conquer the world! I worked hard this semester, perhaps the hardest I've ever worked at school in my entire academic career. And even harder during finals. Despite my long list of B's and an A-, I was everything but disappointed! My grades were well earned and it felt AWESOME!
Coming home from a long year, I realize a lot of things I hadn't before.
One, that the most valuable lessons in life are not learned in school (although you learn alot of really cool stuff there along the way!). Two, that it is easy to lose sight of the important things in life like family. Three, that all that shines is not necessarily gold; meaning that we must distinguish who the real loving people in our lives are, the ones who love us unconditionally and who bring us to a higher place, and those who don't. And keep the right ones in our lives. Because the truth is, someone always gets hurt. The trick is not to hurt the right people. And lastly, that love heals.
Not just any kind of love. The unconditional kind. The kind that loves you beyond your countless flaws, beyond the mistakes you've made, beyond the wrongs. It loves you and makes you a better person. When you smile, it lights up your surroundings and the people around you can sense it. The kind of love that comes around only once. That kind of love you can only find from family and the people who love you. And that one special person you spend the rest of your life with.
That kind of love helped me become a better person.
And that's the kind of love we should welcome with open arms into our future.
The kind that celebrates our every triumph and that holds our hand through the pits. The kind that will kiss you goodmorning and goodnight. The kind that will not be seduced by your face but by your soul. The kind that is so pure that it conquers all evil.
That's the kind of love I welcome into my life for 2013.
Say yes to love!
We all waited for the world to end on the 21st of December. That highly anticipated day came. It happened. It passed. Facebook statuses going bonkers and twitter feeds trending like no tomorrow.. haha pun intended.. the end of the world came and it passed. And we are still here. Dealing with our daily lives and going on business as usual.
This year has been a big one for me.
I made a promise to myself this time last year to change the way I was living my life. To live for myself and myself only. To move forward from the darkness of the past into the light of the future. To keep my head held high, my might so strong, and my will to carry on and be a better person. I vowed to myself that if I could make a change in myself so positive, I could achieve my goals in life. I could move forward and become the person I knew I could potentially be.
If you scroll down my facebook page, you'll notice a status on the 1st of 2012 saying, "2012 is my year", and it sure was!
I had finally made peace with myself regarding my trip to Senegal, with friends and family that I wasn't on such great terms with, and I decided to bring my passion up a notch and opened Smile for World Peace. An itch that had been itching for way too long before I finally scratched it with this blog! My very first blog post skyrocketed and many took a liking to the content and my style of writing. It was on the 21st of May that I published my first post and since, 7 months later, I have grown as a writer. The ways in which I try to make sense of the world is conveyed in my writing. And I've learned a lot about myself and about the writing process as a result! Definitely something they won't teach you in school! Lesson here: Follow your passion and scratch that itch thats been itching you!!!!
This summer was quite trivial. Perhaps the most challenging thus far. I started working for the very first time. I worked as a fundraiser and then as an admissions counsellor for a distance education institution. I had learnt so much about the workforce, about people, and most importantly about myself and the value of a hard earned buck! Again, lessons you will not learn in school!
Soon enough, fall came around and so did the beginning of the school year. I realized how comfortable I had gotten in my tiny Scarborough campus at UofT and felt at home. I opened up in a way I had once done at Marianopolis. I fit right in, with my Jansport on my back, I felt like I could conquer the world! I worked hard this semester, perhaps the hardest I've ever worked at school in my entire academic career. And even harder during finals. Despite my long list of B's and an A-, I was everything but disappointed! My grades were well earned and it felt AWESOME!
Coming home from a long year, I realize a lot of things I hadn't before.
One, that the most valuable lessons in life are not learned in school (although you learn alot of really cool stuff there along the way!). Two, that it is easy to lose sight of the important things in life like family. Three, that all that shines is not necessarily gold; meaning that we must distinguish who the real loving people in our lives are, the ones who love us unconditionally and who bring us to a higher place, and those who don't. And keep the right ones in our lives. Because the truth is, someone always gets hurt. The trick is not to hurt the right people. And lastly, that love heals.
Not just any kind of love. The unconditional kind. The kind that loves you beyond your countless flaws, beyond the mistakes you've made, beyond the wrongs. It loves you and makes you a better person. When you smile, it lights up your surroundings and the people around you can sense it. The kind of love that comes around only once. That kind of love you can only find from family and the people who love you. And that one special person you spend the rest of your life with.
That kind of love helped me become a better person.
And that's the kind of love we should welcome with open arms into our future.
The kind that celebrates our every triumph and that holds our hand through the pits. The kind that will kiss you goodmorning and goodnight. The kind that will not be seduced by your face but by your soul. The kind that is so pure that it conquers all evil.
That's the kind of love I welcome into my life for 2013.
Say yes to love!
RSS Feed
