Here we are, I guess – sunshine, day-off celebrations and all that. I’m sorry about this, you know – I know it’s been more than just a couple of days too late and I haven’t been able to talk to you about anything at all. But, God, the weather’s just been really crazy lately. And you know how my connection always acts up when it’s like that, don’t you? I mean, not that it’s ever been that good to begin with. But, never mind that. Maybe, I’ll save the excuses over coffee, so I’ll have something to say, anything to crack you up. Right now, I want to talk about something else.
I guess it’s been a crazy ride, huh? But hey, this is it, and I’m really happy for you. Finally, things are going the way you want them. Frankly, it’s about time. I’ve told you time and again, you deserve it, maybe more than anyone else does, if only you’d keep faith. And you have. I am not oblivious to the fact that, for months, you’ve been waiting just for this very thing, frustrated, sometimes, but always hopeful and positive. Now that it has, you’re just about to, as cliché as it sounds, take that next big leap. To everything you ever wanted. To everything you ever dreamed of. That little corner of the world you’ve always wished was yours is, well, just a stone’s throw away.
All well wishes aside, however, I have to confess, and you’d have to forgive me. Remember how, when you grew tired from routine the first time around, you found yourself landing somewhere else and said the very same thing? And then you grew tired of that one and moved elsewhere still, you said that was it? Yeah, you can call me exasperated, call me cynical, or whatever, but I’ve been keeping count, and this has been the third time you said you found what you were looking for.
Now I don’t doubt you, of course. Not at all. I trust you have everything in you to know what’s good for you. I guess what I’m trying to say is, well, people have a tendency to not know what’s good for them. We always keep looking for something better, even if we already have something good. Or rather, we keep looking for something better, only we never find it. Trust me, I know. For one, I’ve migrated from a dial-up connection to wireless broadband and yet, I’m still complaining that it’s too slow. Or I’ve clamored to lose weight when I was a tad plumper, but is bent on putting on more meat now that I have. Heck, I won’t even begin to talk about my career options a couple of years back – how believing that “that was it” forced me to give up on my blog, even if I was not really thrilled about not keeping it anymore. Don’t fall into that trap.
Or better yet, just take each moment as it comes. Don’t regret anything you’ve ever done, and don’t get too excited that you miss out on the fun, either. It’s independence day, after all, and on the most essential of levels, I wish you’d be liberated from the fear of not knowing whatever would come next, or from wanting everything from the past to just come back.
Now with that aside, congratulations on a job well done. Don’t forget to write back, alright?
