Some days all we need is a good excuse to not be alone. Some days we just want to call up a long lost estranged friend and see if the old spark is still there. Some days we feel nothing. Some days we feel nothing but disappointment. Some days all we need is some poetry we can relate to. And these days are the hardest to pass by because in days like these, we fear that while shutting the world down, we have locked ourselves out or that long lost friend has changed their number or even if we finally get to talk, we won’t have much to talk about. These are the days we fear we might be an emotional zombie and turn ourselves into a self-handicapping crybaby. And so we ignore the easy things to do and burden ourselves with assumptions and more fear. We do not make plans, we do not call, we don’t do anything to avoid feeling so vulnerable and alone in the fear that we may end up vulnerable and alone.

We are slave of irrational moods, closed off or just confused, tired and selfish, broken or plain delusional. We don’t realize that the reason we are hurting is because we have been stabbing ourselves with sharp blades of self doubt, hatred and fear. We often don’t realize that while protecting ourselves from risk, we are depriving ourselves of chances. We don’t realize life is passing us by while we are looking for a “next time” to do things. We are manipulated by fear and self doubt and slowly we turn numb. We seldom do what we really want to do. We keep looking over our shoulders to make sure we are not away from where we are supposed to. We
keep being stagnant and refuse to flow. And we die like this, never letting ourselves really live.

The only way to live life is to be open to anything and everything it throws your way. Keep up with the pace of life and fight its thunders and downpours and most importantly make sure you never ever miss to enjoy when life gives you sunshine and rainbows. So next time, if you don’t want to be alone, don’t be alone. Call up friends and make plans. If you don’t have friends, go out and make some. Do not shut out the world. Shut out the doubt. Keep people who make you feel better close .Don’t make people grow away from you but if they do anyway, let them. Say goodbyes but be open to new encounters. Don’t obsess over what’s gone and what’s not there and what could be. Enjoy the brief moments if life to the fullest, capture each and every memories. Travel with your loved ones. Travel alone. Make yourself busy with enjoying life so much that you don’t get time to whine about it. And remember not to let life screw you over. The secret is to make life your bitch and not the other way around.