I went biking the other day, and for everyone’s information; I haven’t gone biking for the longest time -probably a year or more. It was fun. I enjoyed it a lot, and it was at that time when it struck me: “In doing one thing, you miss the chance to do another.”  Same goes for our lives. In focusing ourselves on one aspect of living, we loose sight of other things. In this case, I lost sight of having fun by the simple act of biking, and enjoying the company of my family.

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It’s really no big deal. But when I suddenly thought of the many “what-ifs” and “what-could-have-been”, I realized how much I was missing in life. I became too occupied with the nonsensical things like being great, being popular, being someone for somebody; that I neglected to be someone for myself. I overlooked life. I gave in too much emphasis. I forgot that life too can be very well worth it without the “big words”, without the trophies, medals, and all other things. That life can find perfection in simplicity.

In my constant pursuit of the things that I thought mattered most, I ended up with a bigger mess in my hands. I ended up cluttering the life that I was supposed to organize. And now that life is catching up on me, I am left paralyzed in place. Dumbfounded.

Things that I’m supposed to, but do not, understand suddenly make me immobile and unable to take another step. I wasn’t able to appreciate the tutorials in life, and now that the test has come, I’m afraid that I may have to pass a blank sheet of paper.