Monday, March 21, 2011

Being my own Pheonix

I took a short break from my hectic blogger lifestyle. It's been hard to write and keep up with a blog. Some may think that it takes 5 minutes a day, and that's all but in reality its so much more than that. You must make sure your readers keep coming back, do much research, and have interesting topics. I had a few posts in mind but nothing worth putting on the blog. I've found one. Lately, there has been a few problems in my life which I thought I couldn't bear, I couldn't withstand the challenge, and there were indeed some mornings that I just wanted to lay in bed all day. I'm not saying that this is only me, surely every single person goes through hardships and struggles in their lives. Everyone handles stress and barriers in their lives in different ways. I had an epiphany one day. It was Sunday, and like my usual neat-freak self, i went to organize my DVD collection. There were some from about 10 years ago. One DVD in particular happened to catch my eye. What was it? Harry Potter. So? She saw Harry Potter DVD? Shall we celebrate? (That's what you're probably thinking) But my connection between my problems and Harry Potter goes deeper. One of my most memorable scenes is when Harry goes into Dumbledore's (the headmaster of Hogwarts) office, and when Dumbledore shows him The Pheonix. This is where I say my oohs and aahs. The Pheonix, my favorite mythological creature. A little background information: The Pheonix is a bird that can live 500 - 1000 years old. When the great bird dies, it disintegrates into ashes and when you're leas expecting it 2 minutes later it is re-born from its own ashes into a new Pheonix. Maybe now you start to see my light at the end of the tunnel. Some people say movies can't teach you anything but I learned that when you're at that moment when you feel like the world couldn't be more unreasonable, and when you're about to give in that towel, you rise from your own ashes. With my problems under my metaphoric wings, I'll have to learn to be my own Pheonix, and rise again.