From clay to bricks, from bricks to structures. After all the molding and incubation, I think this is the watershed in life where things starts to pick up and take form.
I use to think graduation would mark the end of my prime - where I'm the fittest, the fun-est, the most carefree; and that life would take a sluggish turn from there on. I'm starting to think otherwise. I don't know where the apex is but I'm inclined to see life as a crescendo. And while I can't quite see the end-point, I'm just going to enjoy the build-up process in the meantime. How much easier our journeys would be if we just knew the destination right from the start. But as an old friend once shared, perhaps sometimes it's best we don't know the ending because we just might not be ready for it yet. As with Newton's third law of motion, the greater the force presented, the greater the opposing resistance. And knowing myself, when overwhelmed, I can be one to put up quite a resistance. A gradual priming of the mind, body and soul works best for me.
So here I am, 24, at the point in life where I'm receiving calls from insurance agents, job offers, credit card mailers, invites to view show-houses. It's a new chapter, a fresh experience altogether. Shall prime my mind to look at this with genuine optimism.
6:31 PM