Just like the cosmic cycle, the conservation of energy and several chinese philosophies; there are many many cyclic laws in place in this world, and in the ethereal realms of life.
It seems that when one finds peace, the butterfly effect creates a backlash elsewhere and a sand storm elsewhere in the world is seemingly conjured out of nowhere.
Who, can we help, we should we help? We can only ponder about the decisions made, and suffer in silence.
Sometimes it's just the need to connect. To know that you are not absolutely isolated.
There are those who are alike. Cursed with the same solitude. And when I look into their eyes, I know that they know that I know. Then a fleeting smile. A nod of the head. And still, silence. Our paths will always run parallel and never crossing.
Lir zhuo simi? Auntie, wa hip xiong ah. Eh sai hip xiong buey? She brought her umbrella up. Mai lah!
Throughout the conversation she was smiling. And even as she left she turned around to make sure I wasn't taking photos of her secretly. She has a beautiful smile. Made my day.
Pity that I asked for permission instead of forgiveness. haha.
It was a second chance, dropped from the heavens into his laps.
He stood there like an idiot, yet again, not knowing what to do. He hadn't rehearsed his lines, hadn't thought of it, hadn't prepared, hadn't thought along those lines. Not because he didn't care, but perhaps he simply was too naive. A boy at heart, he was terrified of confrontations, he just wanted a way out - the easier way out of the two or perhaps more ways. Strangely he always took the easier way out, despite knowing that he wouldn't be happy in the long run.
But this is a scientific world. We need proof. We need work done. We need action.
It is said in life we have lessons to learn, things to repay. Even if you manage to escape somehow, it will come back to you another lifetime. Like a restless spirit that haunts, things will present themselves, again and again, till you change and learn your lessons.
I know why I try to help, but strangely I cannot explain why I always do not see things through to the end.
Monday, a different day and yet I couldn't understand why I couldn't get over things, things that were non-existential in the first place. I couldn't forgive myself, I couldn't let myself go, I couldn't set myself free.
I couldn't bring myself to.
I still couldn't. It was the first encounter, and it wasn't the first. How many chances would I get, how many do I have left, this lifetime?