Life always has a funny way of poking at you, breaking your heart and making you laugh at the same time. It is a complete irony – you’re born and in the end, you die… but in between, you make a lot of mistakes and spend your whole life trying to make up for that. We shouldn’t but somehow, human nature kind of puts us in a situation where we always do.
Sometimes the smallest things in life can change something forever. There will be times when you wish you can go back to how things used to be but you just can’t, because things have changed so much. But never regret. Because these things, they happen to show you a reality… it could be to teach you a lesson, to make you feel things, to reconcile your emotions, to push you to do better, or worse, to keep you grounded, to open your eyes to new opportunities, or to awaken some hidden part of you you never knew existed.
Life teaches you to fall, and get up when you do. But it never teaches you to pass judgment on anyone because you hardly know or understand what other people’s journey has been or will be like.
As Lauren puts it: “This is my chance to make it all happen, in the one city, where they say dreams come true.”
Will Switzerland hold the same promise for me? I know I’m not Lauren and Switzerland is a far cry from West Hollywood, but I really wish I could say exactly the same thing about this new adventure.
A lot of realizations came to me since moving here temporarily. Day by day, I get to reconnect with myself, as if I never knew me before coming here. I discover a lot of things about me and re-discovering a part of me that got somehow lost in my 1.5 years of spoiled existence in the Netherlands.
A good friend once told me, never rely on other people for your happiness… and I completely agree with him. Since I moved here, I have become so independent and happy regardless of where I am, who I’m with or what I’m doing. True enough, I have regained that peace of mind through my newfound hobby – walking and running. Switzerland opened the doors for me into this new lifestyle. For one, the weather and the clean and safe neighborhood made me comfortable to go out there and conquer the slopes with my two feet.
Today is my benchmark for tomorrow. I ran 8.08 kilometers in 1 hr and 20 mins, taking stops in between for pictures. Here is my route:
Sometimes the smallest things in life can change something forever. There will be times when you wish you can go back to how things used to be but you just can’t, because things have changed so much. But never regret. Because these things, they happen to show you a reality… it could be to teach you a lesson, to make you feel things, to reconcile your emotions, to push you to do better, or worse, to keep you grounded, to open your eyes to new opportunities, or to awaken some hidden part of you you never knew existed.
Life teaches you to fall, and get up when you do. But it never teaches you to pass judgment on anyone because you hardly know or understand what other people’s journey has been or will be like.
As Lauren puts it: “This is my chance to make it all happen, in the one city, where they say dreams come true.”
Will Switzerland hold the same promise for me? I know I’m not Lauren and Switzerland is a far cry from West Hollywood, but I really wish I could say exactly the same thing about this new adventure.
A lot of realizations came to me since moving here temporarily. Day by day, I get to reconnect with myself, as if I never knew me before coming here. I discover a lot of things about me and re-discovering a part of me that got somehow lost in my 1.5 years of spoiled existence in the Netherlands.
A good friend once told me, never rely on other people for your happiness… and I completely agree with him. Since I moved here, I have become so independent and happy regardless of where I am, who I’m with or what I’m doing. True enough, I have regained that peace of mind through my newfound hobby – walking and running. Switzerland opened the doors for me into this new lifestyle. For one, the weather and the clean and safe neighborhood made me comfortable to go out there and conquer the slopes with my two feet.
Today is my benchmark for tomorrow. I ran 8.08 kilometers in 1 hr and 20 mins, taking stops in between for pictures. Here is my route:
old ladies say that for them life begins at 30. I dont why but they fell life at the age of 30.
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