Milestone

Tomorrow, March 15th 2011 will mark that it has been a year since i joined this working place.

A fellow colleague asked, "A year, what have we achieved?"

I could list down a lot, experience, friends I've gained and lost or in the midst of losing. The hardships, the laughter, the small doses of hope, the small doses of smile.

But the truth hits, i could never achieve more than certain people have done in a day.

A fruit seller, died and sparked revolutions.

A missionary, murdered, bred a new beginning for a tribe otherwise ignored by the world.

A woman, gave two copper coins, gave more than anyone could at that time.

Maybe it's time for the revolution of the self (you've read it here first!).

I would imagine at every point of a person's life, they will have a revolution of the self. It's the point where the realization of how short of life is meets what you hope to accomplish. Mind you, this revolution can happen multiple times, but i would imagine the first time is the most crucial. The mind is a powerful thing, when the revolution takes place, what follows is the mind consolidating the process and outcome. Which by then may already acknowledged you've paid the ultimate price and never allow that to happen.

For example, you quit a stable job because you want to help people in the poorer parts of the world. After a few years, you realized you can't do this anymore, you want back a city life, at this point, the revolution of the self may occur again, but your mind may intervene and don't allow because you paid the price and going back would mean regression, a step backward, hence you'd still be unhappy.

But the great thing about the revolution of the self, is that it's the ultimate break it or make it situation, it can take you from an unhappy state to a happy state, though there may be setbacks, as most revolution does, you'd know eventually something good will happen, but not without sacrifices.

Not without sacrifices.