jEvELyN

Whenever I was asked what my motto in life is, I used to say “EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!”

I believe that we cannot foresee what’s to come.  No matter how prepared we are, still, we tend to be surprised by the changes around us.  Change is constant.  Everything transforms.  Natures evolve.  People, too, really do change.  Including me….

I’ve been through a lot of things.  I’ve experienced happiness. Triumph over trials.  I’ve been victorious at the same time a failure in numerous ways.  I am a tactless person who speaks what I wanted to say.  Whatever I feel, I see to it that I make myself clear.  For me it’s one way of expressing who I was and who I am.  And that’s me…expect the unexpected!

Until I’ve come to realize my shortcomings.  Changes suddenly occur.

I’ve been insensitive to what other people would feel.  I was numb to recognize the confusion in their eyes.  My tactlessness has been hurting them inch by inch.  I’ve been focused dealing with my own emotions and self-expression.  Words can create disagreements, barriers and grudges.  No matter how hard I try to make things right, what I have said and what I have done can’t be undo.  I hope saying I am sorry is enough to break-up the barriers between me and the people around me.

Now I know how self-centered and immature I was!

I have learned to dissect my emotions.  I have learned to shut up and listen. I have learned how to accept and understand explanation.  I have learned to admit my own faults.  I have learned that there are words left unsaid. 

Basically less talk means less mistakes.

- jEvELyN -