When he was here...

I cooked dinner, lunch and prepared breakfast during his three nights stay here since Friday evening. Those preparations were time consuming but it was nothing compared to the joy of being able to spend time together as siblings. Upon reaching my place, he talked a lot about his life in his college, how he deals with his studies and even friendships. I got a very interesting point from him, which is true friendship. Friends come and go and only true ones will stay by your side. I start to ponder, if it really lasts, then what about relationship? Can relationship lasts like how true friendship does? I think it depends very much on how you play your role as someone who values friendship. It's either you gain from it or you lose it.

So, yeah, that was basically about it. We also gossiped like what we sometimes do on the phone. Guys do gossip too. Haha! Not that we like to talk about all this crap but in some ways, it makes me realize how time has actually took me away from spending goody good time with my brother. Though we are not so far apart (it takes him not more than 2 hours to reach my place), I am constantly reminded that things should not be taken for granted. I just want to give my best out of the very best and make good use of every opportunity that knocks on my door. Life is a bliss when someone says "You are loved." Life is even more blissful when someone says "I love you!"

Looking back, moving forward

It happened yesterday. Yes, yesterday. Those days were once filled with laughter, but sadness made up most of the pie. Partly because I could not bear the pain seeing someone leave for a purpose. A purpose-driven life, as one of the Christian books name it. Leaving someone doesn't mean you are going to be stranded and being left alone in a desert or whatnot. It doesn't sound that bad actually. Cause this is the time for you to strive even harder to achieve something within your grip and rely on your own in doing multiple tasks. Initially, I lacked the encouragement and motivation. It was these thought of mine that conquered me till I delved into an abyss of depression. Sleepless nights bugged me through the dark, gloomy skies and sometimes, I wet my pillow without being aware of it. Somehow, I found it hard to let go. But, I must give it a go. I did.

More than a year has passed. Things had changed tremendously. There is hope for everything. I felt glad with the decision made. It was meant for the benefit of all. Financially, self-sufficiency, and other reasons known to the one who knew it. God has been so gracious to him. God was there all the time.

Settled down in a place where he longed to be, he finally found his own destiny to fulfill his dreams. He worked extra hard not just to get what he wants, but to get what he deserves to get. He made it.