Lessons Learned: When Life's Truths Slap You Across Your Face

In spite of all the complaining and bitching I do, I find it hard to believe that I am not happy about doing this adventure. After all, during the past 4 months I have realized a lot of things about myself and my life and I decided to take the time to write it all down if only to make myself remember:

... that you never really, really know that you had everything you wanted till you decided to want more and found out that "more" is just so overrated. (this is my version of "you never know what you had till it's gone" coz that is just so cliche).

... that time and money must always go hand in hand because having one without the other makes the one that you do have useless. If you were to chose between time or money you should chose time because if you have all the time in the world, you may find that time can generate money but no amount of money will buy back the days you've lost while trying to make more money. At the same time, having too much time without any money will drive you nuts thinking of all the stuff that you want but can't have. Its seems the difference between having money without time and time without money is death by a slow disease that leaves you old and dry and death by dementia unassisted by Prozac.

... that love is not the flutter in your stomach, the excitement of the kissing, touching or even (gasp!) sex. Rather, it is made up of these components: trust, loyalty, commitment and above all, friendship. Of course, if you add great sex to all of this, then you've got yourself something fantastic.

... that you must have people skills no matter what you do. Your success depends 50% on your hard work, drive and ability and 50% on the people who will help get you there.

... that difficult situations have a way of making you realize your shortcomings but also, if you look hard enough, it also makes you realize your strengths. Just because the strengths are not as easy to see doesn't mean they're not there.

... that friendship, love and good times are the things that make you truly happy. (Yes, I know that sound so cliche but its so true!) Now, I'm not saying that the latest LV handbag won't make me happy, but I won't be as happy having it without my friends to admire it, my husband to give it to me or no place to show it off.

... that the quality of your life is not necessarily reflected by the health of your bank account.

... that it is always better to be the queen of your small castle than a slave at a big one - even if your dad was the king.

Hope I managed to not sound so bitter on this blog coz I tried really, really hard. I forgot to mention that I also learned this:

... that faking optimism is much better than accepting pessimism.

Comments

[Juan]

Pegs, I haven't really told you this but I love your writing. It's witty, funny and just plain entertaining. But this entry struck me the most. I will quote and link this on my blog for one of my entries.

Take care and send my regards to my no good uncle eddie... hahaha. just kidding. I miss the time when eddie and I were kids.