We are like chocolate...

 

We are like chocolate

we take in the hard knocks of life

break apart and then melt again

We get stretched and tempered

And at the right time

we get poured over to be reshaped 

into any kinds of moulds we want to be in. 

That's the malleable part of life. 

It can sometimes be rigorous and testing

I realised how mindfulness had kept me in the loop

about my changes

Sometimes I feel like I am running on a never-ending treadmill. 

It becomes dreadful and exhausting, 

and it is probably why it makes life lessons so memorable

During the recent months, 

I have been praying hard for any upcoming life lessons to be postponed

I assumed that the universe had taken my plea seriously

and I didn't kept count of my peaceful days

Well, or should I say, I took for granted

My sense of gratefulness began beaming through the tiny holes of my mind

to send a reminder by knocking on my consciousness today

"Hello! you feel different."

"Oh yes!",  I silently agreed in amusement

My mind got excited and went into a circus of ideas

Colours, chocolate, cake

I felt the leash broken

I didn't realised how much I missed that!

And today, I am living the moment. 

Indeed it calls for a nice celebration!

I traced back yesterday, and the day before

Saturday, Friday, Thursday....Monday...

May, April, March, February, January...2020

Closed my eyes, shed a tear and whispered,

"Thank you for the hard knocks."

I regained an optimistic sense of myself

and found back my voice in art. 

The joy in being free

can always be felt from the heart. 

My lesson to note...

"We can never get our minds to force freedom when the heart isn't ready.

Through the journey of discovering inner peace, I experienced emotional freedom.

I didn't realised the little hurdle I had to jump over to find my creative liberation took me this long.

However long the time frame, I guess patience deserves an award. The fruition is immeasurable.

When you realise your sole presence is good enough

to move mountains and you are capable to create possibilities,

you will be amused by what you can do to reshape your destiny. 

Life lessons isn't just about ourselves. 

It is the rippling effect of what you do that is able to influence others."