Ten Months

3 cellphones lost in 10 months, 2 funerals in ten months, almost 10 pounds lost in 10 months, disillusionment, disappointment, lost hope, shattered optimism, tested faith, tested friendship, challenged values and principles, smorgasboard of experience, countless seminars, humiliation, fear, sorrow, solitude, all in ten months.

it's unbelievable to have changed in just a span of ten months coming in as different person and coming out as a completely changed individual.

its not that bad, change is something good. the thing though is i don't respond well to changes. when i get into a comfort zone, i don't want to get out of it specially when i already established a certain order and way of doing things. but john maxwell said, to arrive at your optimal performance one must shake things a bit so that you can always be at your toes and think quickly. and changes are momentum starters, momentum makes you better, change makes you better.

this past 10 months made me realize a lot of things. i have been blessed with so much that i'm overwhelmed by it. being able to stand in front of people and be called their leader is more than a blessing, representing them and be regarded as their leader is a wonderful experience but a really daunting one. being able to tell people what to do and making them agree with and realize it as their own is a gift. coming up with a thesis in less than one week is luck, that you shouldn't push and stretch too much. being around great, supportive and amazing people is a treasure. paranoia sometimes work but you shouldn't have an overdose of it because it can kill you. values and principles would define your leadership, expect the unexpected, life is short, love and be loved, question and question, don't get satisfied with mediocrity, dream and dream big, do not forget to become a child once in a while. laugh, it will make you sane. sing, it can lift your spirit. don't let them take the most important thing for you lest you'll realize how significant it is and it might be too late to redeem it. humility has a different and painful way of teaching you its lessons. help people, believe, be grateful, go for the extra mile because that's where you'll find the gold, listen, people have always interesting tales to tell, when you thought you are powerful that is the time when you are most helpless.

when all things have been said and done you just can't wait to start the next 10 months of your life.

Maria Francia Posted At 9:43:00 PM

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