Life's short so make the most of it.

Ok so back to the song two posts ago...

THINGS THAT MATTER (part 2)

She’s held on to that grudge all her life
And thirty years of anger
Since her dad walked out that night
She thinks of all the moments that he's missed
All the birthdays ballets first dates
That seems too much to forgive
She gets that call that said he don’t have long
She walks in
He starts crying
The past is gone
Things that matter
Things that don’t

Time ain’t on our side
Don’t want to leave this world
With why didn’t I?
Why didn’t I?
Yeah why didn’t I?

Let's analyze this, like literature! The 30 years of her life that her dad missed and all that anger that was pent up inside, none of that mattered. All that mattered was the present, they were re-united. "Time ain't on our side, don't wanna leave this world with why didn't I?"...life is so short, 1/4 of my life has passed already and what have I got to show for it? Nothing. 20 years have gone by so quickly. I remember when I was five years old, I would look at myself in the mirror and pray to God to tell me see what I would look like when I grew up. That seems like just yesterday, and here I am today, all grown up looking at myself in the mirror and wondering how I grew so quickly.

I spend to much time harping over the wrong that has been done to me. I hold grudges till I'm blue in the face. Enough! It stops here. It's not gonna be easy but it has to change. What's the point of holding on to all that anger??? There is no point! I have to learn to forgive. My life will be better and I will be happier, life's too short to hold grudges.

I really don't wanna leave this world with "why didn't I?". There is so much I want to do in my lifetime but so little time. From now on, I am going to do everything I can to enrich my very short life. There's no time to sleep my life away, I am going to get up and get going even if I have to do it all by myself.

Things I want to do before I die (in no particular order):
-Graduate from Uni
-Go skydiving
-Learn to play a musical instrument
-Take up a social sport
-Learn how to do the waltz
-Learn how to cook Peranakan food from my grandma
-Learn to appreciate art
-Increase my general knowledge till Daddy's level
-Learn at least one different language
-See the seven wonders of the modern and ancient world
-Go to Italy and learn how to cook from the locals
-Spend a month each in Greece, Italy, Spain and France (not just in the cities, but all the small villages as well)
-Spend a few months in the US
-Attend Le Cordon Bleu in France
-Get married and stay married till I pass away
-Have two children
-See my little sister Nathania get married
-Set up my own business

Those are the long-term goals but for now, I need to be more adventurous. The word of the day is SPONTANEOUS. Live a little. Just go with the flow, try something new? You never know where your spontaneity can lead you.

I've lived in Melbourne for half a year now and I've barely even seen 0.00001% of what this city has to offer. It's off to the suburbs for me, I'm gonna see all that I can see. Museums, galleries, beaches, gardens, mountains, etc...I haven't seen any of them since I've been here but that's gonna change.

This is the new me, I'm determined to make the most of my life. Will you join me?


XOXO

K