I haven't totally figured out what Leona Lewis's Run lyrics mean, but they sure have a knack for sticking in my head long after my Windows Media Player has moved on to other songs.
And perhaps, some lines aren't that difficult to identify with after all.
It never fails to intrigue me that so many things can happen in one day to bring your mood up or down. I don't mean a swinging-to-both-ends-of-the-spectrum, emotionally-inbalanced kind of way. It's just small things like people spontaneously treating you to a lunch, or a work issue that popped up, or having crazy fun email threads between you and good friends, or anticipating a long-awaited meet up with bestis, or handling complicated friendships, or having unplanned shopping sprees with your colleagues, or... you get what I mean.
Happy. Perturbed. Frustrated. Tickled. Stressed. Sad. Disappointed. Puzzled. Overjoyed. Contented.
Some people call it "compartmentalization." The ability to identify the emotions that each of these small things trigger, and to deal with them separately, no matter how conflicting. Like, just because you are grieving over a dear cat that just passed on doesn't mean you traverse the world dressed in black and shush a friend who is rejoicing over an engagement or a promotion. Or secretly jump for joy when someone you like asks you out, and then fall to the ground in an ocean of tears when the person is unable to make it for some reason. There is nothing wrong with emotions, don’t get me wrong - I do not wish to imply that we should crush whatever we feel under a mask of stone that stoically accepts everything that is handed to us, leaving no room for the human emotion or expression. That would be impossible anyway.
My point is this: we need to balance our expectations and take everything with a pinch of salt. If not, we end up emotionally exhausted and precariously on the verge of turning into a bitter cynic.
And I’ve seen enough of those in the short 20 years I’ve spent here already, thankyouverymuch.
There is a saying that 10% of what happens in life is out of our control, and the other 90% is our reaction to that 10%. Living life to the fullest is about how we handle the totally random situations that Life throws at us and make the most of them. There's way more to it than that, of course, but I'm not writing a thesis so I'm stopping right HERE.
More pics next time!
**She attributes the fast heart-rate and current hyper mood to the strong coffee she had during lunch, courtesy of Serene and Martin*
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