𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐦-𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐨
I just celebrated my 24th birthday last week 
I did not plan anything special except attending the Feast that night.
For the past weeks, I have been thinking about how stagnant my life has been recently. It seems nothing was growing in many areas. I felt stuck. Or maybe I was just having some birthday blues.
I looked back on the past years. For a moment, I sulked in regret for things that might have been. I contemplated on what seemed to be bad decisions and wrong turns I might have taken. And just before it became a full-blown downward spiral, I was able to catch myself and pause for a second.
I thought to myself, “𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.” There is a similar line in Filipino that is making rounds on social media: 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙤 𝙥𝙖, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙤 𝙣𝙖.
Suddenly, a verse from the book of Psalms popped into my head: “𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎.” Then it hit me.
For a long time, I was always waiting for the perfect scenario before taking the next step. But since tomorrow is never guaranteed, I would start counting my days as if today is my last. Then surely, I would make the most out of it. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.
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