The best part about running, for me, is the finish. The moment when, flushed and out of breath, I reach my destination: my backyard. Ironically, I have run full circle, ending up where I began. Yet, I have also taken a positive step forward in my life, determined and acted out by no one other than myself. My decision, my action.
As I sit and wait for my breathing to slow and the rush to subside, I wish upon a star. "Star light, star bright..." A bat flits across my path of vision and my eyes follow it. Without any warning, the bat suddenly swerves and changes direction. It has changed its path forever.
And now, having been interrupted, my wish seems futile and absurd. I am filled with a rushing understanding part of the part I play in my own life.
I am not just a bystander. My life is not to be controlled by the stars, but by me, and me alone. Like the bat, I am free to choose my own path, however haphazard and illogical it might appear to be.
As I sit and wait for my breathing to slow and the rush to subside, I wish upon a star. "Star light, star bright..." A bat flits across my path of vision and my eyes follow it. Without any warning, the bat suddenly swerves and changes direction. It has changed its path forever.
And now, having been interrupted, my wish seems futile and absurd. I am filled with a rushing understanding part of the part I play in my own life.
I am not just a bystander. My life is not to be controlled by the stars, but by me, and me alone. Like the bat, I am free to choose my own path, however haphazard and illogical it might appear to be.
Bryony Blackwood
make sense eh? got this article frm chicken soup. juz so happened to browse thru e pages n found this short story.
"I am not just a bystander. My life is not to be controlled by the stars, but by me, and me alone. Like the bat, I am free to choose my own path, however haphazard and illogical it might appear to be."
right. we live our lives by e decision we made, by the rights tat we hav in ourselves to choose our own path. in fact we are e only ones to control our own life. gettin results back tml. i pray for e best but am prepared for e worst. this story somehow made me realised one thing. tat is, all along, i've been controlled by all my results thru out my life. i've always viewed things frm only one angle. n lettin results determined my fate. true. i don deny tat singapore does require a cert to live. but tat's really pressurisin. n y does singapore needs to hav such an education system? gradin one student frm another. determinin which one outshine e other. wats e pt in tat? it only makes one to be either snobbished or demoralised. watched a variety show juz now, showin e beauty of e world out there. e foods, e environment, e people, e nature. it gave pp e feelin of relaxation. anti-pressure atmosphere. pp there live to enjoy themselves, whereas singaporeans live to outfight each other, fightin for a chance to survive. wat an irony. such a big difference between countries and countries. right. i've made up my mind. not to be manipulated by my results but to live my life for myself. there's always a 2nd chance for everything. i believe in myself n let me pray for tml.. *cross fingers*
"I am not just a bystander. My life is not to be controlled by the stars, but by me, and me alone. Like the bat, I am free to choose my own path, however haphazard and illogical it might appear to be."
right. we live our lives by e decision we made, by the rights tat we hav in ourselves to choose our own path. in fact we are e only ones to control our own life. gettin results back tml. i pray for e best but am prepared for e worst. this story somehow made me realised one thing. tat is, all along, i've been controlled by all my results thru out my life. i've always viewed things frm only one angle. n lettin results determined my fate. true. i don deny tat singapore does require a cert to live. but tat's really pressurisin. n y does singapore needs to hav such an education system? gradin one student frm another. determinin which one outshine e other. wats e pt in tat? it only makes one to be either snobbished or demoralised. watched a variety show juz now, showin e beauty of e world out there. e foods, e environment, e people, e nature. it gave pp e feelin of relaxation. anti-pressure atmosphere. pp there live to enjoy themselves, whereas singaporeans live to outfight each other, fightin for a chance to survive. wat an irony. such a big difference between countries and countries. right. i've made up my mind. not to be manipulated by my results but to live my life for myself. there's always a 2nd chance for everything. i believe in myself n let me pray for tml.. *cross fingers*
