Extraordinary Eighteen

Few hours from now, I'll be turning 18. I don't know what to feel. Not that I am not enthusiastic about it, it's just that I can't face the thought that I am already 18! My mind, at times, is still unripe and my 'tude is still childish. Well, seriously speaking, turning a year older doesn't mean you have to leave your child-like behavior as long as it does not interfere with you having to be mature when necessity comes.

Anyway, this blog was drafted and saved a day before my birthday. But my birthday's done and it's already November 3. So what now?

Turning a year older, eh? Stepping into the world of legality. Like what my classmate Giorgi said, "Kulung-able ka na." So what now?

Honestly, I don't feel I'm 18 especially when you put me beside my grade school classmates whose faces have really matured. Unlike them, my face just stay and I guess, will stay the same, only that I have grown a few pounds over the years.

Enough of faces.

18. I'm now a woman. (Am I not before?) I have crossed the line between childhood and adulthood. I am now steps closer to having a full grasp of independence. Steps closer to my dreams. Steps closer to fulfill what I really want to do.

At this point, I just want to enjoy the moment. Not really rushing to see the other side of the world. Just taking everything slowly. Enough for me to savor every amazing moments that is taking my breath. Enough for me to capture the wonderful blessings He had given that is leaving my mouth agape. Enough for me to be thankful that in my 18 years existence, God has never failed to provide me with what I need and what I deserve.

18 years of existence.

18 years of a wonderful journey.

18 years of discovering my life's purpose.

18 years. So much had happened that I can not recall them all. Memories of the past will remain there only to be remembered to learn from our mistakes and shortcomings. Things of the future should not be eagerly viewed as it only causes worries and agitation. So, I shall live in the present and enjoy every moment of it for nothing exactly in past will happen again in the future.

Ciao!