fact of life

You don't get everything you want.

That's what reality always have, had, will implement on everybody's lives. Perhaps, this is the reason why
contentment is the word that's very hard to find specially these days where capitalism and globalization has
further widened those "worldly attractions". Selfishly speaking, I want every materialistic and non materialistic things. I want to be loved. I want to get rich. I want to be idolized. But such things are nearly impossible to achieve likewise in short term. You really don't get everything you want.

So what do you do with your current resources/loved ones? You cherish them with all your heart. You don't complain why you only have them. You love them. Although I'm ashamed to say that I don't get to show my appreciation to my family, inside I do appreciate them. My character was molded by both learning and observing their actions and experiences. Without them, I might as well be a scared little fragmented soul. Well not really,but I would be defenseless against those peer pressures, bad vices, etc. I became a goody goody because of them.

Also, there's those people you also have who share your experiences first-hand: your friends. In other terms, they could be described as your partners-in-crime. Of course, we don't do bad stuff; but we do have those 'kalokohan' days wherein we're so lucky that no one else knows about it. They're your safety net when you have those problems. They're just a call away.

Then there comes my boyfriend who I called my 'baby' even though I'm not his mum. Yes, I'm not with him;but somehow he's also with me all the time when I sleep, when I go to school, or when I go out with friends. Although I don't get everything I want becauseof it's being a long-distance relationship, somehow it's been enough for me to know that I'm also being remembered and loved the same way that I'm with him. Distance and time may block our communication sometimes, but these factors wouldn't hinder me from him that long. There's always a way around it. I know so.

You don't get everything you want, but you can atleast do something to be cherish what you have.