Graduation is in 3 hours

A pivotal point my life? An ending? Or a new beginning? Graduation symbolizes a transition into another stage of life...and so I suppose I should reflect on this stage called childhood that would be ending...in 3 hours. A native here in Taipei, Taiwan...I am part of this city and its people. In kindie here in Danshui, I was part of a proud group of kids that call ourselves the "Penguin kids" what made us happy was winning champion for field day or being able to nap peacefully in the afternoon or winning the stuffed penguin home for a day in honor of being "the best penguin kid of the day". How much things changed from then...change is the only constant matter in this world and because of this, I wish I can savor every moment here and there.

Someone once told me that "now" is only an 8 seconds time frame..these words I'm typing are part of my past now. Things happen to fast and too quickly for the human mind to process and...savor. We cannot perceive everything and that thought saddens me, what if I missed something along the way? I don't want to. I want to remember everything. I want to remember everything that made me happy...sad...angry but memory is such an  unreliable source, yet it is our only key into the past. But why is the past so important to us? Most people would agree that the past makes us who we are. I know people and have heard stories about people that spend their whole life digging from the past to discover who they are. It is true that the past is part of our identity...but so is our future that lies ahead.

As unknown and mysterious it may seem, it will also soon be a part of us. Thus, we must embrace it and occasionally say "Screw the past, focus on the present and onwards"...because sometimes we forget how important it is to live the now, live for what lies ahead. But I also learned from my 18 year journey that the past must remain to be an integral part in the self too...in the light of commencing towards the future, you must never forget where you came from and how you got to where you are.


So at this point in my life, I am grateful to say that I have nothing to regret from the journey life took me through...as a child stepping into the unknown realms of my own future, it is these memories I hold, the people I love, my family, my friends, that will help me through these next steps I take and embrace what is next...