The rain and one pathway

One afternoon, I was about to go to work when the rain started pouring. I had my lunch with my housemate and have some usual conversation then I dressed up for work. I took  my red umbrella and started walking out of the housing area. Theoretically rainfalls stimulate your brain to think and that what it did to me on this slow afternoon.

I watched the car passes by as I walk along the road. All was routine and usually I like it when I walk either to work or home because that's when I had time for myself, thinking about a lot of things and the possibility of everything. I even fantasized that the stairway on the road side is a portal that divided my own world and the real world. As I waited by the side of the road for the cars to pass by, a lady in motorcycle passed and looked at me. I automatically threw a smile and realised that, no matter how, where, or what you are doing, when someone smiles to you the next thing you do will be smiling back to the person. Friends or strangers. That's the good thing in life. Positive energy neutralizes everything.

Then, came the time I'm supposed to walk across a slightly elevated hill, all the cars rushed past me and I was walking a little slower. Again, I had a thought, maybe some of the drivers were headed for the same direction as I was, like we are all headed towards the same direction everyday, towards the future. The only thing that differs is the method. They ride cars, they could be in their desired destination few minutes faster than me who was walking. Likewise in life, all of us have different method in achieving our goals, therefore the time needed differs slightly from one another. Have we ever asked ourselves whether we enjoyed the journey we had in our lives?  I enjoyed my walk, and I am learning to enjoy my life journey. The bitter and sweet of our daily life is going to be the most valuable story one day. No one in this world have the same story in their life, the plot maybe the same but the scene and the actor is not.

As I almost reached my workplace, I crossed path with a guy talking in the phone. He was almost soaked in the rain as he was walking without umbrella. He probably hadn't expected the rain or he didn't bother being drenched. Analogically, in life we are supposed to be ready but there are times when we can't expect everything. That's where our down fall is. Whether you want to fall hard and crumble, or fall hard and stand tall again, it's a choice you have to make. Failure is a venom, but weaken venom is an antidote.

That day wasn't a beautiful day. It was raining, it was busy at work, someone passed away and I went home late seeing weeping relatives. But I learned another thing. Life is beautiful as long as you don't lose it. Life should be enjoyed as long as you can. Do the things you like, spend times with the people you love, and never regret the things that passed. Yes, in reality, life is suck, lots of problems, lots of obstacle but those are like flowers of a tree. We ourselves decide whether the flower should turn into good fruit or bad fruit.

People says there is always a sunshine after the rain or you can only see the rainbow if its rain. It's true. The sunshine is the most beautiful after rain and the rainbow is the brightest.