Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
No matter how old or mature we are or how much we think we can handle life, an event will occur that will make us realize that we are not as ready as we think to face the world. That sometimes, the things that we want to do without are the things that we’re gonna miss. We’ll also realize the importance of the people around us. Those people who did their best to shield us from as much unpleasantness as possible. We’ll realize the pain that they go through when we’re put in the situation where they were before. Then, we’ll realize that our life then is not as bad as we thought. That if we can do something to make everything go back to the way they were, we would ‘ve done it in an instant.
Growing up is hard. If only we can stay innocent of what the world out there is really like. If only we can stay in our safe haven for the rest of our lives. Some may say that being in your comfort zone will not allow you to live your life to the fullest. You’ll not see how far you can go or how much you can endure or how great you can be. And I agree. You can only grow when you’re put in a situation where you’ll have to do something new. Something that you’ve never done before. Something that will test you. But sometimes, I wish that I still have the things that made a certain aspect of my life easier. The things that I didn’t fully appreciate back then. The things that I terribly miss right now.
I know this is just a phase and when the smoke clears and the dust settles down, you’ll see me standing at the center of the field. Battered and bloody but with a great big smile on my face.
