Life has knocked me down, literately, cause me , after a whole day hanging out and having a full of laugh dinner with friends, instantly collapsed on the floor the moment I step into my own room, lying and crying in agony, in the midst of the silent night. A sleepless weeping. Shaking and repeating myself “Someone please helps me” “I’m lost, so lonely”. It is unbearable physically and mentally. It was an ongoing conversation with my mind and heart, that my mind said “Please take care yourself. You need to get some sleep, Trang. You need to be stronger”. And my heart stubbornly rejected “It’s none of your business. I want to be true with my feeling. That’s what I’m made of. To feel, not to reason. Leave me alone with this sadness for one night only”. I know that one day, I’ll get myself together and overcome with happiness rather than sorrow. But now, my morale, my heart, completely shattered. There are no God, no Buddha, not anyone can pick up pieces of me but myself. Is it because I’m pushing myself too hard, or I’m too weak for life? Should I be satisfied and enjoy with my current stage, or should I keep striving for something more, a higher degree of self-actualization? Those questions kept roaming in my head. Buzzing and dizzy.
Probably this is part of life, well at least for me. It’s a circle of struggle, exhaustion, collapse, and rise again. You can choose either to be a little bird that is burnt into ash by the flame of life, or be a magnificent Phoenix, rising up like-star out of ashes from the flame burning it down.
The next morning, I woke up with the holly-mother-Jesus Christ swollen eyes, and simultaneously being grateful that this is not my forever look. Puffy face, fatigued entire body and I still can feel that little pain in my heart. Grabbing my phone, texting my friends for a brunch this week. Searching and applying for new jobs. Talking to my dad a bit. Writing down these words. Showing my vulnerability. I breathe again…








