her story

I wrote this around five months ago when Sir Castro asked us to talk about about our life's purpose in less than ten sentences. I scribbled bits of stuff in my paper and handed it in, but refined my thoughts when I got home. I saw this in my old blog a while ago and thought of reposting it just so I'll be reminded to keep my bearings.

She was a wandering girl lost in a sea of crowd. With a silver microphone on one hand and a pile of books on another, she aimlessly treaded along the ripples of life, not knowing what is in store for her. Plans and goals seemed to be too much for her brain to contain, and so she stayed away from all these things for years.

Everything seemed perfectly fine; after all, what do children have to do with endless future to-do lists? Instead of worrying, she enjoyed her life from sunrise until sunset, did her chores as usual, and slept soundly every night. However, as time went by, the leaves of her childhood slowly fell off one by one. Clearly, these leaves could not be contained in the tree of life forever. And so, as she woke up one day, she looked in the mirror and came across an amazingly wonderful sight– a young girl blossomed into a young woman full of glow, vigor and promise.

A series of seemingly magical transformations have filled the young woman’s life with color and thrill. Her world expanded almost beyond her reach− she encountered lots of new faces, traveled to different places, and bombarded with lots of radical ideas. Deep inside though, she was still this aimlessly wandering girl but alas! This time, she now had a dream, a blurry yet existent vision of what she wanted to be.

Just like Sleeping Beauty whose senses have been reawakened after a hundred years or so, the fire in her has finally unleashed its powers after a long, deep slumber. She realized that she could not remain to be the person she was before, and resolved that she must grow. That is exactly why she is here on Earth.