The Wild

Rocks and Waters

A solid relationship is like a rock weathered by time. It cracks until it breaks and becomes stones. From stones to pebbles, and from pebbles to particles of sand and dust.
A dependable relationship is like water wearing the shape of its container. It changes in shape depending on the form and size of whatever it will contain, it may spill or overflow. But still keeps its name: "WATER"

We often strive to build solid relationships with our families, loved ones and friends. But little did we realize that in our strife to keep hold of what we so called CLOSENESS, we learned to seize being open for the fear of hurting them or... be rejected or abandoned by them. In our will to make them happy, we hurt them. We worked too hard to give them the best of everything, to the point that we loose touch with them. We so wanted to protect them and keep them sheltered beneath our wings, without noticing that we're holding them too tight depriving them of air to breathe. Sometimes because we thought we've known them too well, we forget to look through the mysteries behind their eyes or to listen without a trace of doubt. And before we get to notice the damage, we already found ourselves going farther... and even farther from whom we so loved dearly...

But a friendship as flowing as water does not make a lasting impression. It flows with the current, it has no definite form or shape. We trust yet we do not demand. We believe because we understand. We understand because we know. We know not because it's what we just heard or saw or thought... But because we take the time to look at them in the eyes, to touch and feel them within our hearts and without the need to hold them, our presence is felt. It is the relationship where we learn to accept and embrace our differences without condition... without pretension... And no matter what comes our way, we breakthrough unscratched... we remain FRIENDS.

To the Oldies

Once in my boredom, I took an online quizzing game that can determine how old a person is mentally. I answered each question with all honesty according to how I'd actually react on situations given. And the result? It says: "Ever heard of the saying small things amuse small minds? That's you. You have the mentality of a 3-year old kid." I should feel bad about it since I'm actually 22 now. But no. I'm even proud of it because somehow even with the small minded kid that I am, and with my very limited knowledge about things and stuff, I still try to understand situations and try to see them in different light, though in a childish way. But I still make my friends smile in my own little ways.

Now what I am trying to say is that the world of the grown-ups is so complicated that smiles and laughter are a bit scarce. And before it starts, fun has to end. Is it because their minds have grown too big that one world can no longer contain them? or Is it because their brains are too full of knowledge that makes them hang up like a virus-filled computer system making them not to function well? I mean, they're too busy with alot of stuff that they've become too tired to sort things out of what to think about what and who. Why can't it be a child's world then? A world where there isn't much complications. Where work is not work but play. Where problems and trials are faced without fear. And where there's no room for hates and doubts. It's a stress free world isn't it?