back again...

So, last time I blogged was about 6 months ago. But, in those 6-months I've experienced and learned a lot, so I've decided to blog more often. It's not for the public (which I don't really mind), but for myself.

Me and couple of my friends decided to go watch Transformers 2 on the midnight showing. Actually, we watched the 1:00am showing because the first three shows were sold out. By, the way it was an AMAZING movie. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg did it again. Kudos to them.

This thought didn't come up while I was watching the movie, but just gave me an reminder (while I blogged this i will NOT ruin the movie):
We are never "ready" for anything in life. We can say that "I'm ready...". but really we are not. We can be excited or anticipate what can happen, but as human beings we are not "ready" for the next step in life.

As I've gone to my youth kids' high school graduations, i've heard a lot of "I'm ready for college!". But what those that really mean? I mean, we can be prepared, but not ready. In my own view, I feel like the mindset of being "ready" mean that you know what's going to happen, and you're ready for that experience to happen. So, how are these young-minded late-teens know that they are ready for college. Matter of fact, how do WE know we're ready for anything we do?

It's like riding a roller coaster for the first time. While we're in line, to get to the roller coaster, we see how the ride is from the outside. Which mean, we've heard it before from other people that have been through it. Then we sit into the seat, strap ourselves in then the workers make sure we're strapped in, then the ride slowly goes. In this case, we prepare ourselves then take the first step into the next chapter of our lives. Now, the roller coaster is on the peak where it is about to drop. By this time, all of our preparation leading to this time is gone and we have a split thought of, "what the hell am I doing here?!?!". By then it's too late, the ride drops down and the rush kicks in. We go through loops, turns, and another drop. This is exactly what our lives are.

This is what I meant, we're not "ready". As we go and take that one huge leap in our lives, we go through all these unexpected events that we were not "ready" for. But the key here is that we were prepared. We were strapped in tight with our seat belts that we would not let ourselves fall.

I'm not ready for the next step in my life. Graduate college, find a job, get married, have a family...I'm not ready, but as my life goes by and as I learn from my past experiences, I can be prepared. All I'm saying, we are not ready for anything in life, but we can be prepared for it. Do not expect anything, but experience it.

-a.y.