Chances

“By this second chance I’ll do my best to pass this semester without a failing grade.  Well, this is not actually the second but the third.  We are so blessed.”

All of us are given chances. Some ask for it and for some, chances just come.  We are all afraid to fail and we are all afraid to be left behind (This is not just pride, or shame. This is about our own future.  This is not about the feeling of being rejected for a time but the feeling of having a hindrance to our dreams.).  If there is a chance to change everything, why do nothing?  Some people think that quitting is the best answer. No… The fact that we’re given another chance means now’s not the time to surrender. 

This will only end when the end comes. Nobody knows what will be the result. The only thing we have now is the day; the day to be diligent again; the day to persevere and the day to be productive.  Again, we do not know what will happen, but still we are hoping to see good results…

Hope indeed! Faith indeed!

On Both Sides

“You feel most of your classmates see each other as threats.  It seems they really urge themselves to be competent and make it possible to be on the lead.”

Looking closely to it seems having a different meaning.  The purpose of being in school doesn’t really mean you base your performance with others.  It’s about how you perform and how you do well with your subjects.  When you answer problems or when you take the tests, it’s between you and the challenge, not about how others will see you after knowing the results.  It is normal for your classmates to be so tough, well, knowing that some of them maintain their scholarships and some are aiming to be in the honors.  How about you? You’re the only one who does not appreciate efforts.

“Grades do not determine intelligence.  Then what are grades for?”

Grades do not only show intelligence. They also reflect diligence and perseverance.  Believe, that as human beings, we do not have equal aptitude. Yes. But do not mind the reality because in life, we are given equal chances to show our capacity and to make ourselves worthy to be called smart.  The important thing is that when you know you’re not doing your best, why do it later if you can do it now? Doing the things now with a hundred percent of attitude is not just a motto that you say once in your life, it is an everyday principle that you must live by.  So, surely you’ll get good grades when you know from the start that you exerted much of that principle.

“Follow Your Heart”

This does not really mean following the heart, but following what your mind wants instead.  Oftentimes this is deceiving because what your mind wants isn’t always good for you (oftentimes it’ll make you feel even worse), especially if it favors procrastinating. What you need to do is to teach your mind to follow what your obligations are.  The things you ought to do are the things you must set as standards.  It is like putting the big rocks first in order for the gravel and sand to fit in the remaining spaces.  The next time you feel you want to do something, it’s not the heart that says it, but the mind—and you can control it.

“Rest if you are tired but do not stop.”-Anonymous

Notes to Ponder

As I was cleaning my room, I saw my old journal under my bed as if it was waiting for someone to pick it up.  This journal I’m talking lists almost all of the events in my life during my fourth year high school. Long have I not seen my journal since I graduated and reading it made me realize how bitter-sweet my life back then. Well, this post will not talk mainly of my life-back-then, but about how I started to "write".

It was summer that time.  I did not know what was running on my mind when I decided to buy a notebook (maybe mainly because of its design). I then started writing about myself and about what I had done for the day…everyday.

Since high school, I’ve been trying to write anything that I could think of, provided that it is fair, in order to at least somehow improve my English.  All this time I’m trying really hard to fix my broken tongue in this language.  If someone talks to me using this, I feel I’m at a lost for words even though I could think of something to utter.  Reading’s not a problem to me; I’ve been reading since.  But, when it comes to writing, I’m always clogged; and in terms of speaking, I’m only on my best when I memorize the piece.

Well, I think that is the essence of practice.  I don’t expect this to be perfect; I just want to write.

Oh wait……Oh no, I just remember…. We will have a quiz tomorrow in our major subject!