Most people have heard the phrase, “Be careful what you wish for.” But I think it works the same for the opposite: Be careful what you don’t wish for.
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Marcella Purnama
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Marcella Purnama is a blogger and author of What I Wish I Had Known: And Other Lessons You Learned in Your Twenties. She is currently obsessed with finding the best recipe for bread rolls and keeping her sixteen plants alive.
Read a book perhaps. Listen to podcast. Sleep. Play candy crush. Drive. Listen to music. Listen to the radio. Stare into space. Facebook. Browse. Think.
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8. Telling me that my hair is good when it’s clearly my bad hair day, and that I’m still pretty although I’ve gained 5 kgs.
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We’ve gone through a lot, you and I. But someone told me a successful relationship requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
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It’s ironic that the world only celebrates success and greatness. Being good is now not good enough, you need to be awesome. But we sometimes forget that our mistakes make us humans.
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Do you know the quote, “Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle”? It’s really, really true.
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Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be.
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Most of us do have a drink every now and then, especially when it’s Friday night and all you want is a nice, handsome-looking beer. But most often, people judge alcohol drinkers.
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Today, I count my blessings.
This past week, I have been so loved by so many people. I have great mentors. I have awesome friends. Lovely family. Understanding lover. I couldn’t have possibly asked for more. I couldn’t.
I count my blessings.
Through things that have happened the past week, I realise that, really, I have been loved by so many people. I have been cared by so many of them, so, so much. They all have become shoulders to lean on, ears to talk to. They have imparted stories, advices, opinions, life lessons.
I couldn’t have possibly asked for more.
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You know, if time’s a train ride, which station would you want to spend your time more?
Which station would you invest on?
Which station would you rather not stop?
Which station would you not even bother to look, as you’re sleeping along the ride?
We’ll stop on the wrong stations at times. I know. It’s unavoidable. We’ll stop on the right stations too. We’ll also say, “I’ll pass”, to the right stations.
But in the end, with all those wrong stops and right stops and not stopping at all, I hope they will all be worth it. Nah, I believe they will all be worth it. Because they are there for a reason.
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