Entry #6 - Live Your Life

Live Your Life We forget to experience life because it’s all around us.

by Lorenzo tan

The night I watched my first live UFL game, I was waiting for my mom

Really, we kids take things for

outside her office. Getting bored playing

granted. It is like how when you have an

chess on my phone, I went for a walk. In

iPhone in your hand, you forget that

the distance, I noticed the bright lights of

you’re actually travelling in another

Emperador Stadium were on. I walked

country. You forget the journey because

on over, and got there just in time to

you’re too bored, but don’t realize that

witness the kickoff.

you’re the boring one. You forget to look around you.

It was a serendipitous pleasure to watch from outside the gate for free. I was inches away from a totally fun experience, but almost missed out on it because I was distracted, so caught up with my own boredom. I nearly lost the chance to grab a golden opportunity.

And that’s what we forget to do.

We always say #YOLO, or quote carpe diem, but honestly, there’s no form of seizing the moment in not appreciating what’s right in front of you. But we’re not only missing out on this.

It’s rare to see someone who could appreciate both One Direction and Fall Out Boy at the same time. We focus entirely on the genre our peers like, and stick to just that. Because of this, everyone dislikes each other for no real reason aside from different interests.

They say that those who don’t like the rain have never danced in it. If you have not tried something, don’t You know that feeling you get bother hating on it. So, go try new when the classmate you least suspect things. Explore. You never know when ends up getting the highest test score in you might happen upon your next class? They’re probably just as shocked favorite band, or a scrumptious dish. as you are. If you’ve ever been in this You may happen to hate it just as much, situation, you’d recognize the euphoria but hey, at least you tried. you feel from realizing how good you actually are.

We

shut

ourselves

off

to

possibilities because we’re convinced we can’t. But that’s all in our heads. We ignore

the

untapped

potential

in

ourselves, yet get shocked when we stumble upon it

The world would be a much happier place if we could have moments like these much more often. We need to break past these doubts and harness our true power, and we need to do this sooner. Too many times have we read or heard about late bloomers, yet we fail to avoid becoming ones ourselves.

We’re too busy getting caught up in all these things around us, that we completely lose track of our true goals in life. I wouldn’t have caught that football

So get out and discover; try using

game if I continued loafing around with

your feet for once. When you get to go

my phone, and this sort of thing doesn’t

to a new place, skip the cars, tricycles,

happen just with me.

buses, and subways. Arm yourself with a

Because really, all we want is to

map, some bottled water, and prior

be happy. That includes learning to

research on the Internet. Then you’re

appreciate who you are, and that

ready to trek! Sure, it may slow you

involves discovering what’s in you, and

down a bit and tire you down, but it’d be

around you.

so worth it, getting to see things you normally wouldn’t when speeding in an automobile.

When we slow down, and take in

Immerse yourself in the grand

the surroundings is when we truly

happening of all, and participate in the

experience the essence of travel; we get

now. Take your chances, and risk it for

the thrill of going on an adventure, and

the biscuit. Sometimes, great things do

diving into the unknown.

happen when you leap before you think.

There is just as much beauty in

I danced onstage with Chris

the little details as in the big picture. I

Brown when he had a concert in Manila,

quote Miley Cyrus, who says that it’s not

back in 2008.

about how fast you get there, because

How I got there was such a big

it’s the climb. But it’s not the journey

flurry

of

events.

A

bouncer

was

itself that really matters. It’s what you

searching for kids in the crowd. My

get to do and see while on your way.

mom noticed this, and guessed that

You never really know what

they’d get to dance on stage. To my

you’ll get until you get there, so get up

surprise, mother dearest shoved me into

and go for it!

his arms.

“One, two, three, four…” Mr. Bouncer paused, then pointed at me.

“Oof! Five! Come with me.” I really couldn’t believe my luck. Just like that, I was on my way to share the stage with Chris Brown. The next thing I knew, I was staring at over 70, 000 people.

And we danced.

Life is like the ocean. We could stand on the shore and marvel at it all we want. We could take a picture, or paint it with a thousand words. But you’ll never truly get to do so until you dip your toes, and dive into the waters.

You don’t only live once. Drake and Lil Wayne were wrong. You live out It was a shameless show of lack every single moment, and it’s your right of coordination, but it was such a to enjoy each and every one of them. euphoric experience, I couldn’t care less.

Don’t just live a little.

It was over as soon as soon as it begun, Live your life. but during those 2 minutes, for all I cared, I felt like Michael Jackson incarnate.

Now I don’t know if it was fate, or pure luck. What I do know is that if I had stopped to think about what was happening instead of letting it happen even for just a moment, I wouldn’t have been graced by the heavens. And really, that’s what I want to advocate to the world.