thinking, thoughts
what are pictures for?
some may say that pictures are meant to convey messages, to influence others, to change the world
for me, i think every picture is a memory, a moment that is captured and crystallised forever.
looking through the photographs of myself that were captured in secondary school also helped me realise that time waits for no one, and time will never stand still.
what’s the point of moaning and groaning about our current circumstance, or to worry too much about the next day? each moment cannot be grasped, and is lost as easily as a dandelion’s seed in the wind.
scrolling through my photos on facebook, i saw one of myself holding up a stack of handwritten notes. it really reminded me of how i have a love for notebooks, a love for trying to organise my notes such that i could study in the most efficient way.
i think that, at that point in time 3 years ago, i must have been complaining about the workload, and feeling envious of my seniors who had just gone on to Junior College. funny how, now that im looking back, i feel a kind of sadness, that soon i may not have the chance to do that anymore, to write pages and pages of notes and attempt to beautify them in my own little way.
i guess life’s like that; we can’t turn back time, but we can choose to stop behaving like we used to, and just stop, and remember to appreciate, savour and really live in every moment that we have. wouldn’t it be sad if we looked back, and realized that the only memories that we had were of regrets, of “what if’s”, of wasted moments.
life may not always be a bed of roses; there will be moments where we will experience pain so overwhelming, anger that consumes and frustration brings tears to our eyes. but yet, there is no point in holding back, in resisting going with the flow of life.
be afraid, love with out holding back, run, scream in the rain, jump off cliffs. the regret of not experiencing those will definitely be much less than the regret of losing your years, your youth, your life.
look back now, this very moment, and smile. cry if you need to, let go of everything, then start living.
