Mosaic

One thing I know for sure is that life is not a straight line. We have bumpy, black, grey, white, yellow, red, blue and everything-in-between periods. Some times are smooth going, some are rough. Life is the collection of all those moments and what you do with them is very much up to you.  In the end, the more interesting the colors and patterns, the more beautiful the composition will be.

I have been ranting and raving about the rough patch I have had for the past few months. But I kinda got stuck in just one little part of the grand picture. And I forgot to mention that I've had really cool days in between too. 

I've learned to share my little pieces with others and have received little pieces of them to add to my mosaic called life. And you see, this is really what it's all about. We are all different. Life is not about following a straight single-colored pattern. It never was. But I planted these ideas into my head and was so dismayed that at the age of (in three weeks, gasp!!) THIRTY, I had nothing to show on paper, like other people I know. I had plans but life happened and things just got in the way. But man, what an awesome ride it has been up to this point! I can't compare my life experiences to anybody else's. Like an abstract picture, my beauty lies in not being standard, regular and normal but in being me and doing what I do best: to flourish among the ever-changing tides. Every time the gameplan has changed, I have risen to the occasion and succeeded by being malleable. 

The biggest challenge for me has always been that I am different though. I was not like my family so I left. I was not like anybody I knew in school so I was a reject. I was never like one of the locals because I was always the foreigner. And I wasted so much valuable time and energy trying so hard to fit in and be them. But I was meant to stand out for something: I can adjust to change. Of all the people I know, nobody has had so many rough times and come out of them victorious. That is me. I can smile no matter how awful it gets. Because I can see the positive side of almost any occasion, I can still laugh in the face of hardship.  That makes me really special (in my very humble opinion, that is). And that has taken me places I would've never imagined. I have gone left, then right, then up and down again and back. And that is exactly how it should be. My life is going to be a really awesome mosaic when I'm finished here! And I thank all of the people who have touched my life for sharing with me their colorfulness along the way.

I am a truly blessed work of art!