Slow Down, Take A Step Back, and Look Around

often times we are so busy with whatever's on our hands that we take a lot of things for granted.

things like sunshine on our faces, sound of friends' chatters, dinner with family, and the fact that we are still breathing.

not that we deliberately wanna take them for granted, we just forget. we forget that they are just as important as completing assignments, getting As in studies, saying appropriate things, not forgetting your loved ones' birthdays, being punctual for an important meeting, and providing enough and more for your family.

oh yeah...it's more important than keeping up-to-date about your idol's activities and saving money to buy their cds. and stealing posters.

it's typical and really really easy for people to get that caught up in all those things that they forget what's most important to them. that it's not the end of the world if they fail in any of those things.

i guess that's why people commit suicide, abuse drugs, become depressed. why they give up on themselves.

i guess this is why i get so grumpy, complain about anything and everything, dwell too much on my failures and shortcomings, and get worked up easily.

but this is life.

it is beautiful, yet at the same time cruel.

it is such so that all living creatures would appreciate the beauty of life itself.

yeah...it's definitely cruel, but beautiful.

we just need to slow down, take a step back, and look around.

appreciate all that is around us, and inside. appreciate "Me".

i wish it is that easy.