i wish i had earplugs. [a filipino new year]
2009 has been a great year. In spite of everything that happened (or didn’t happen, whatever), I know I’ll look back upon it with a smile - and maybe an embarrassed wince or two.
Sure, I complained a lot about the year during its course, but here at the end, there really isn’t anything to complain about. Yeah, I had my share of tears and grief and annoyances and romantic disappointments - but upon reflection, the laughter I shared with my friends and the fun I had in my romantic pursuits and the love I was shown outweighs every negative thing I suffered through. At any rate, I don’t want to be the girl who remembers only the bad, even years later - in fact, I don’t want to remember the bad at all, unless to remember it in context of the good it rendered.
I spent a lot of my earlier teenage years being bitter about the wrongs that were done to me - but no more; I look back on those years and only lament the fact that I wasted them. And I don’t want to look back on 2009 - the year I graduated, the year I came of age - and think of it as wasted. No - 2009 was definitely not wasted.
The things I experienced, the people I met and laughed with and loved with and spent time with and admired (that means you!) - they made this year worthwhile, and I thank God that I’ve wisdom enough to realize that.
Happy New Year, guys. Let’s make this year a grand one. :)
Sure, I complained a lot about the year during its course, but here at the end, there really isn’t anything to complain about. Yeah, I had my share of tears and grief and annoyances and romantic disappointments - but upon reflection, the laughter I shared with my friends and the fun I had in my romantic pursuits and the love I was shown outweighs every negative thing I suffered through. At any rate, I don’t want to be the girl who remembers only the bad, even years later - in fact, I don’t want to remember the bad at all, unless to remember it in context of the good it rendered.
I spent a lot of my earlier teenage years being bitter about the wrongs that were done to me - but no more; I look back on those years and only lament the fact that I wasted them. And I don’t want to look back on 2009 - the year I graduated, the year I came of age - and think of it as wasted. No - 2009 was definitely not wasted.
The things I experienced, the people I met and laughed with and loved with and spent time with and admired (that means you!) - they made this year worthwhile, and I thank God that I’ve wisdom enough to realize that.
Happy New Year, guys. Let’s make this year a grand one. :)