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Purpose Driven

The peace and tranquil the four corners of home offer is a moment that hasn't surfaced for a while. Now as the "quiet" time becomes my best friend, I can't help but be thankful for becoming so busy for the past times of my life...because it gives me the opportunity to appreciate freedom - now that I am by myself looking back and visualizing ahead.

We always hear people say: "Everything happens for a reason".  Today, being able to experience highs, lows; and highlights of life, I could personally say that it is the individual's personal decision that dictates his own journey and destiny. Nothing is behind who prepares to make or break one's life. That "reason" the saying refers to is the subconscious choice the person is making in his everyday. There is no supreme being responsible for our own fortune or misfortune but us, ourselves. If there is a supreme being looking after us, It is only the One giving us light when we come across a dark path. That light could even be our enemies...because if we overcome those enemies (just take note first that most of the time, our self is our own biggest enemy: greed, anger, envy), it will not be all heaven sent but your own decision brings you to where you at. 

It is the same for me saying that I don't regret anything what  I have done in the past because the mistakes I've made before made me who I am today.  If I hurt some people along the process or along the way, I still don't regret it because I could learn my lessons after.  It is necessary to learn the art of not judging people hurting others (it is learned over time), because others also have some lessons to learn themselves. We may not understand some nature...but this is how the equilibrium works. People exist to perform some specific purpose or specific role in this universe. Not everybody could be in absolute like anyone of us because we existed to perform individual unique purposes...and if one prefers to suppress its own existence by always staying in the safe side, these are the ones who are cowards or selfish trying to pass their roles to others. 

Radicalism changes the world in every sense - we see that everyday. If those radicals weren't out there, who could have finished some dictators' reign?  Who could have stopped some corrupt practices? Who could have freed the self-prisoners - the ones who contained themselves inside until someone puts up a challenge? Who could have raised awareness that something's got to change? We can't wait for the next generation to tackle that role for us!                 
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