MONO NO AWARE

When I first heard the phrase, it caught my attention. "Impermanence" the melancholic beauty in the fact that nothing is permanent in life.

It's a sad thought, the things you'll leave behind and to be left behind... but as days pass I eventually learned to make peace with myself and the fact that nothing in this life is ours to keep other than those precious memories...memories of what life has taught you, from the things you learn from books, or pieces of torment challenges you face each day, but mostly your own unique experiences - from your daily routine at work, the adversities you survived, the people around you, the love you lost and found and vice versa...

When you know you have something to lose, you cherish it, take good care of it, make the most out of it, give your best and anticipate the pain when it's time to let go but the thing is nothing can prepare you for the unknown...and you may not have all the time in the world but it is important not to rush yourself into all transitions and take as much time as you need to think, to cry, to heal, to grieve, to just feel, to be human...

Leaving my comfort zone feels like breaking up but at the same time, I feel exhilarated about writing a new chapter where a new world awaits. Change is inevitable and constant. I wonder how much of it we all have to go through to find who we really are or where we truly belong, I borrowed time after all, I don't have the luxury to waste any second of it so here's to New Beginnings...