"letting go doesn't mean giving up. it means moving on. it is one of the hardest things a person can do. starting at birth, we grasp on to anything we can get our hands on, and hold on as if we will cease to exist when we let go. we feel that letting go is giving up, quitting, and that as we all know is cowardly. but as we grow older we are forced to change our way of thinking. we are forced to realize that letting go means accepting things that cannot be. it means maturing and moving on, no matter how hard you have to fight yourself to do so."

right now, living life to the fullest is the most important. even though reality says that focus on your job and do it well is what gets you far. to me, putting in the effort in my work is not what reality asks of me, but its what passion tells me to. i do what i love to, not what reality tells me to. maybe its because we're in this little red dot, its kind of hard to live your dreams because everyone's so competitive. living your dreams seems impractical and foolish to people who cant wait to go up higher. i'm happy with my job and everything now, even though i just lost a vital part of me. but i know i'll slowly get better, which i'm doing a pretty good job now, and come back stronger. and to me, better and stronger are not defined by the achievements in work, but by the sense of satisfaction and the happiness that come with accomplishing something, be it work or personal. what say you?