Day 3: Write something that someone told you about yourself that you never forgot. 

You may feel offended by what was said to me, and to be honest, each person will react differently. And this is how I reacted.

"You know, the world does not revolve you. You need to suck it up because the world is not stopping for you. Life goes on whether if you are upset or happy. Why are you expecting for life to stop when you are upset? It is fine to be upset, but do not expect for life to stop and wait for you."

Harsh, I know. I was only a girl who recently got her heart broken into a million pieces. Those words struck deep into me. Of course, I gotten angry and deeply insulted when I was told that. Dude, can't he see that I am struggling to put my broken heart back into one piece. That was hard enough already and I don't need him telling me that.

It came from somebody unexpected, a person I never considered as a friend and always thought he didn't really care what is happening to me. Probably he didn't and gotten tired seeing me being sniffly and sad all the time, considering the amount time we had to spend together

Those words can be dangerous. They can push a person toward either side, waking up or deeper into abyss. Maybe he knows me more than I thought and he was able to say right words to me. I know what it is like to struggle to keep head above the water and the water is pulling you down. There is nothing you can do about it except fight to keep treading and swimming. I do know what it is to be slowly suffocating by failures that I had accumulated over time, sitting on my chest and pressing down slowly. Somehow, those words is like my personal buoyant. This buoyant may be a rock to others and I do not expect people to feel the same way.

But it woke me up, I was able to see that life actually goes on. My parents still went to work, friends still gossiped about latest drama, and the Earth is still spinning on its axis. Life went on.

Those words later helped me to fight through some of darkest days of my life. It is a reminder that I DO have a choice, to go on with life or watch life goes by. And I always know what I want and I always picked same choice... keep moving with my head up.

Whenever I have my moments, I can see him signing to me and then I will get up and keep going. Bad things do happen and I am not going let them make me stop from living. There are things to do, places to go, and memories waiting to be made.