Broken Bridge

Broken Bridge

Sometimes we break, most of the time we are broken because of circumstances, because of people, but nonetheless, we all have been broken once before.

Nothing lasts forever.

Oh how very protective can one be? Just like the saying, with much expectation comes much disappointment, she holds on to these three words, just so she won’t build on anything- bridges to be specific. Instead she found bricks, more than she’ll ever need.

Piling up the bricks one on another, more than building walls, she made a prisoner of herself. And engraved on the walls to remind her to never break that wall was those three words – Nothing Lasts Forever.

Wall with no rooftop.

Building the walls, she could still see the sky from where she stood. Sometimes, we hold on to something we believe, not because its true, but because that is the only possible explanation to everything that is happening. But deep deep down, you hope someone or something can tell you differently.

A voice.

No, not the scary one, but a still small one. Like your heart.

Look at the stars of the sky. Its beautiful. Sometimes, the clouds may pass and you can’t see the stars no more. You search and you cannot find, but its there. Something’s do last, but sometimes it seems as if its not there, but just you wait, when the clouds disappear, you’ll see its been there the whole time.

But even if something do break you, just you make sure its worth breaking for or else, mend it.

Your Scene.

Gandhi said that whatever you do in life will be insignificant. But it's very important that you do it. I tend to agree with the first part. – Remember Me (movie)

The past couple of months, she has listened to people talk about their dream, their passion, their wishes and hopes. There’s always a bright smile on their face and so much enthusiasm when they speak of these things. Somehow, their every word seem lighter and takes speed, like they have been waiting to speak of it about that dream that repeats itself in their head like a scene in a movie that keeps replaying in your head even after the movie credits starts rolling.

But most often, the scene which they speak about ends where it started. Like how when you listen to the same song, when it reaches the end, it goes to the beginning and stops, and ready to play again just in case you’d like to listen to it again. Time is what we say keeps us from making that scene a reality. Some say, there isn’t enough time, some say maybe another time,  other say it’s impossible.

You and I, we have dreams. Making it happen isn’t going to be as easy as uttering the words. But its important we try anyway.

A good friend said, “ Try. Don’t not try.”

Try- these simple word with three letters seem so insignificant, but it carries challenges, it encourages, it builds hopes and picks you up again, because even if you stumble and fall,you can always try again.

If you could hear me, I would say that our finger prints don't fade from the lives we've touched.

One day when our journey end, the things we do may be insignificant, but as long as it served its purpose at that time, then its worth doing. The choices we make doesn’t only define us, but it brings meaning to others.

Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it. Because nobody else will.

Try. She will.

Quotes from Remember Me (Movie)

Blindsided.

Its been 33 days since she ventured into this new adventure.

“You really have bad eyesight!” Denise

Glasses.

They come in different sizes, thickness, and now even colours. She never liked using glasses. Its as if there is a frame in everything that she sees.

Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?

From a distant she heard voices. As she walks to get a better view, she sees a blur image of a group of people standing side by side, talking- deeply. As she approaches even nearer, she sees strain on their foreheads, their brows bending sharp, what sounded like discussion were turning into commotion. Some were bending over back to take a look at the table, some were tilting their heads as they sit on the ground, trying to take a look at what was on the table. 

A different glass.

Some said the cup was half full, some said, it was rather half empty. Some just didn’t care. One just walked over and drank that glass of water, put it back on the table and walked away.

But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.

What she see matters, what you see matters. But if shouting out what we see  causes trouble and defeats the whole point of choosing to see that something, then what she sees and what you see does not matter one bit.

A dying man might ask  for a glass of water. Now if we’re going to be arguing about if he literally wants it in a glass or a mug, soon the man will die and there is no point in even talking about the glass. What you see and I see only matters if it helps, if it builds, if it constructs.

“If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything”- Bambi the movie.

Because its so easy to break then to build.

I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

— "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "

What you see matters, but why you see what you see matters more.