I was born in an average family and lived an average life...
When I woke up in this world, there was no telling what kind of person I would become. Innocence was the only word that best describe myself during my early days on Earth. Toys and milk were my best of friends as I live a life free from worries of the harsh realities. Soon I began to see that there is more to life than just sitting around, sleeping and playing...
School became the next chapter of my life. I was probably around four when I first entered a classroom. At first I was nervous at the same time eager to meet those roaming strangers inside. I made friends and encountered my first batch of teachers. Early days in school are quite fun; mostly just playing and learning few basic knowledges. But of course, not everything in school are fun and games. This was the facts I learned when I finally stepped on a much higher level of education...
Grade school and Pre-school are two very different worlds. The playing part was now sidelined to recess breaks and the learning part now became the main theme. I was now tasked with solving numerical problems, reading short stories and poem and understanding the science of life. It was indeed a different battlefield in which I need to conquer. Alas, I eventually prevailed and moved on to a much higher level.
High School was perhaps the best and worst time of my life. It was the best because this was the time I started to mature and experience firsthand what "reality" really is. This was the time I've first experienced love and inspiration. This was the time I became aware of how society works. Contrary, it was at the same time the worst. High School paved ways for me to be attracted to vices. Not all people in school became a friend, as I also made considerable number of opponents. I may have felt love in High School, but also experienced my very first heartbreak. To make matters worst, my High School years were amidst the period of my rough times in family, grades and social life. Perhaps you could say it was the turning point of who I would later become...
College was a rather different story. In a twisted turn of events, significant changes in my life occurred. College is rough, stressful and demanding; this I soon found out as I journey through it. I was a man unsure of what to pursue due to the seeds of confusion I've experienced in my High School years. My first years in college were rather undesirable and unsuspecting. I now got a glimpse of how the adult world works. Before my parents were always there to provide everything for me, but in college aside from the the tuition fee I was now to fend off for myself. Independence was now becoming the word for college life. Peers were also quite far-fetched in college as with comparison to past levels. People ran wild and free each determined to build their own paths. This time, I was scared. When everything and everyone else seems to be moving forward, I on the other hand I remained stuck in my current position. I was confused and afraid on how to move forward on different things. Time and time passed and still I've only made few progresses in college...
Reflecting on my life-long travel, I've probably seen the best and worst of it all. I know how it feels to be happy, inspired, contented and to be loved. I also know how it feels to starve, get hurt, be confused, be enraged and so on. Basically that's life...Being able to experience both ups and downs, bitter and sweet, joy and tears makes us truly human. It is these things that paves way for us to know how it is to live. As of now I am not fully happy with myself and with my life but yet still thankful that I am still breathing with my loved ones.
"Life is too short for us to achieve every desired dreams, so let's just all live to the fullest"
-Alvin Reyes
