Singing is a Good Therapy

I love singing. When I sing, I feel like I'm pouring out all the baggage inside me. Through the emotions hymned by the message of the song, It seems as though I feel lighter.

A song, indeed, is more than just a song. It can save you from a bad incident that happened in your life at a certain moment. It can make you smile amidst the dilemma you're in right now.

In a song, the lyrics, tone, and beat harmonize together, resulting in a musical piece that may represent  the kind of situation you're dealing with right now. You can relate to it. It's as if singing that particular song gives you the voice to express your innermost feelings.

When I feel lost, down, or absurd, I sing. It is a medicine that automatically heals the pains life may bring. It's up to you what genre of music you like to listen to and it doesn't matter whether you are out of tune or not. As long as it'll raise your endorphins (your happy hormones) up, then go. We all deserve to smile.

Going for Your Passions

We have lots of passions burning within us. As much as possible, we try to express them because for sharing them to others makes us feel alive or makes us feel we exist. However, many of us struggle to bring out the best in us. Maybe because of fear, rejection, and uncertainty. These negative facts of life hold us back, preventing us to reach the dreams we keep in our hearts. Other external hindrances such as lack of money, sickness, and absence of family support can be factors that will try to stop us from aiming towards our goals.

But for me,  I still believe in the fact that if you follow what your heart beats for and nurture that dream inside you, you'll be able to topple down all the stumbling blocks that will pass your way. Many successful people nowadays had fallen down a lot of times just to get to where they are today. They didn't give up. They didn't trash away their dream. They believed in themselves when no one else did. All the sacrifices were surely worth it. 

Go for your dreams. There are many ways, directions, or routes to get there. Trust that someday, you'll get there. No one said it would be easy but then again, it's up to us if we are courageous enough to achieve our visions.

Burned yet Shining

You know you're disoriented when you forget a lot of things such as leaving a cousin's umbrella in an internet station or worse, discovering that your cellphone was snatched from your backpack after passing a crowded  sidewalk. This happened to me. Talk about signs of aging.

Maybe I wasn't just alert or aware of my surroundings in a certain place at a certain time. This has been me. But I've learned this lesson a long long time ago and I've moved on, believing that I would not make the mistake of being absent-minded or forgetful again. But I was wrong. It haunts me every now and then.

Mistakes happen. Yes, we learn from them but eventually, they will pop out any moment we are breathing. But instead of regretting, or cursing this unfair world, we have to bravely face them. Mistakes, as they say, teach us to become stronger individuals. At first, they may burn us. But like an armor, it should pass through fire in order for it to become sharp and yes, for it to shine.

I know I'm not perfect. But here I am, trying to become the better me every single day. I cannot please everyone else but I'm struggling to figure out what I can offer this world to make it a better place. I realized I shouldn't be too hard on myself for I have the faith that God will help me accomplish my dreams and be the person He wants me to be.

The A"maze"ing Life

There will always be this feeling of emptiness, loneliness, and helplessness. When will this forlorn emotion die? Life will give us a lot of options, but our minds couldn’t decide on what choice to make. We would oftentimes get stuck in a world wrapped in confusion. Then, in that sudden moment, we begin to break down and cry our hearts out.

We have experienced such time when we have almost exhausted all our energies into something yet in the end, we are still bound to give them up. Yes, after that last-minute decision of letting go something we ultimately value or we hold close into our hearts, we start to regret. Maybe we chose the wrong path for ourselves. But instead of drowning in depression, we resolve to smile, remain happy, and believe that something good might come our way.

It is our faith that levers us up amidst the uncertainties that we face. It is our will to survive and the determination to reach our dreams that keep us going. It is our ability to love unconditionally that gives spark to our existence. We lift everything up to the One who created us.

In a world where there are many influences, it could be hard to reach that point of individual uniqueness. Some become puppets to the ones who aren’t pretty contented and happy with their own lives. They want others to carry a life as pathetic as theirs. Unfortunate but true. It’s up to those puppets to stand up to their own rights and eventually be the best that they can potentially be.

Indeed, life is such a crazy maze. We may not know what direction to trek into but pray, and hope, that in time, we would be able to find the right way and finish victorious in the end.

Step On

Real life sucks but you don't have any choice but to embrace all its quirks and inconveniences. Outside the four walls of school, a jungle of scary events await you. If you're not brave and determined enough to face them, then you may be doomed.

Societal expectations will push you to become who you want or wouldn't want yourself to be. You will be forced to excel and move beyond your limits even if this entails sacrificing your own enjoyment or forgetting yourself in order to put up to the wishes of others. Then, you ask yourself, "Why are all these troubles happening to me?" "I've done almost everything to reach my dreams yet unexpected circumstances have hindered me in achieving my real potentials".

When things seem down, you begin to doubt all your skills and abilities. You start to question if you're really a good decision maker or if you've figured out the correct plans in your life. Well, when the worse happens, you try to comfort yourself by saying, "That's life!" You realize that you couldn't just halt your life after being squashed, burned, or trampled by a major problem. Time clicks away and you should and must move on.

You have to continue growing. It is in not stopping that you will notice positive changes within you. You will start noticing improvements in the various aspects of your life.

When everything looks stagnant, get out of your bed and continue learning. Read more books. Review more movies. Cook new recipes. Write letters. Bond with friends and family. Apply for jobs. Learn new hobbies. Exercise. Save money. Share. Be good. Pray. Clean your house. With all these little steps, you know you're educating yourself to become a better individual.

In life, there may be many quandaries that could shut down your system if you allow them to. But if you are strong-willed, enthusiastic, and positive, no one can take that smile off your face. You may not understand the world you're living in now. Or perhaps, you may not understand yourself. In the end, it is about choosing what you value the most and in the process, believing that God is pleased with what you are doing.