Just Reflections

So lately I just finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie yet again.

I read it again because I had forgotten whether I had read it before and decided to simply read it.

I had found joy in reading when I was younger, but as I grew up, I was drawn away by other distractions. I had found reading to be "unpopular" /I can't find a better word to describe it/ and then stopped myself from reading in order to shed that 'nerdy' image of me. The worst part is that I even tried to stop my ex-classmate from reading.

Good thing is that she was unwavered by me and continued her reading. /Sorry Jacqueline :((((((((/

The way I thought and acted was really immature and undeniably inconsiderate. I was trying to change the actions of others that had no need to be changed. They have a choice to do what they want as long as what they do does not impact anyone or anything negatively.

-oops, sidetracked-

Okay, back to what the focus of this post is meant to be. The book I read is irrevocably enlightening and enriching. It's funny how many of us know what we know but we act as if we don't. We know we are dying, and it's expected that we do something, right? But, no. We continue to live in a bubble of ours. We don't indulge ourselves in the moment because we are too preoccupied with everything else. Sometimes I look back on my past and have that uncomfortable feeling called regret because I didn't live in that moment as much as I could. I didn't absorb all the nitty gritty details and store them in my memory. This is all because my mind was all over the place and it sucks.

Sure, we can't just simply let go of everything and end up being too narrow-minded. Therefore, we need to have a balance. And that is knowing when we should let go of certain things to bring more focus on the things that should be taking priority. Like maybe friends. I have many friends /or acquaintances. I call a lot of people friends because I love the idea of being friends. Friends friends friends./ But my time is limited, so is theirs. The fact that both sides have made an investment of their own precious time to hang out with each other shows that the interaction is valuable. And after this investment has been made, we should make conscious effort to sink ourselves into the moment. Y'know, maybe let loose of your little inhibitions and be more at ease. Ride whatever waves of emotions that comes at you, whether or not they are as little as ripples or as big as tsunami waves.

These are a small fraction of what I have interpreted and internalised from Tuesdays with Morrie. They might not be exactly what is meant to be taken away, but I am happy with what I have gained.

Many quotes and aphorisms have been constructed because of experiences as shown by the many aphorisms Morrie Schwartz had made. One aphorism from Morrie Schwartz would be "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." He spoke this from experience and something in me tells me that I should keep this in mind.

I have always been a fan of quotes. I love quotes so much that I know quite a lot of quotes that I end up forgetting them because there are too many that I love to read and ponder about. However, there are a few favourites of mine:

"You don't write your life with words, you write them with actions."

"Notes you spend are money, notes you keep are just pieces of paper" HAHA I like this one, but it's not good to follow this.

Okay, there are more, but I just can't recall them right now. I'll type more when I can.

Taking these baby steps to being a better human being. To be a better part of the community. And I hope starting with myself can show others that we should constantly attempt and eventually succeed to be better versions of ourselves.