Apr 22, 2007 20:11
62 days until graduation... that is of course including weekends and such. Is it sad that I'm counting down? Oh... yea I may need a new prom date :[ Oh well. Knee isn't better but I'm still running ... yea I know I'm dumb... but work is amazing... Today I just started smiling because everything is falling into place... and these words resonated throughout my thoughts:
"I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing what you're worth, this not begin with you. My mother not know her worth until too late - too late for her, but not for me. Now we will see if not too late for you."
and...
"All around this house I see the signs. My daughter looks but she does not see. This is a house that will break into pieces. It's not too late. All my pains, my regrets, I will gather them together. My daughter will hear me calling, even though I've said no words. She will climb the stairs to find me. She will be scared because at first her eyes will see nothing. She will feel in her heart this place where she hides her fears. She will know I am waiting like a tiger in the trees, now ready to leap out and cut her spirit loose...[to her daughter] --> Losing him does not matter. It is you who will be found-- and cherished."
Because finally, it's about me and what I want and what's best for me. Not what he wants, not what he demands from me. I'm finally free =D