Why does it always feel like time is going too fast for all of us? That one day is never enough to cover our to-do list and one month is not enough to save up for that book we love. Why does it always feel like time flies by so fast whenever we have fun and it stand stills when we are in our lowest of lows? Somehow, it always winds to the conclusion that time is never our best of friends and never our worst enemy. However, for me, I believe that the concept of time is something created and molded by our attitude. It is something that can either push or pull us from doing something we want but at the end of the day, it is our life, it is our past, our present and our future. So, in this blog post, let me show you how one minute, one hour, one day, one month and one year can change anybody's life.

They say that college life is a stepping stone for the so-called "real life" and that we have to strive for the best, immerse ourselves to various activities and get good grades so as to make our resumé as impressive as ever. First of all, don't get me wrong. I know that getting good grades is important and I always make it a point to have good and acceptable grades but it's not everyday that we get the grade that we want and need to make it to the Dean's List. 

I know this very well as for the past two or three semesters, I always lack that 0.01 something to make it but I am not ranting about not making it to the Dean's List. In fact, looking back, I believe that those three semesters are one of the best years of my life. I've got to hang out with my friends, spend time with my family and meet new persons. See, sometimes not getting what we want can be a positive thing because at the end of the day, there's more to life than grades.

We can never please everyone and that's a fact. No matter how you try to talk their talk and walk their walk, you can not change yourself for somebody else's benefit because you're your own person. You have that kind of personality that you have to own. I have that own personality and attitude that I can not change because I'm me. I know that I am not perfect but trust me when I say that I try to be one and that I am trying to be a better version of me and not a better version of anybody. Trust me also that I am not doing these "improvements" for everyone to like me. I am doing this because I love myself so for now, I just got to sing "Shake it off" with Taylor Swift and wait for the time to be fully accepted.

George Bernard Shaw once said "A family is an earlier heaven" and who am I to disagree? For the past nineteen years that God has given me to live, I can say that I am truly blessed to have a family like mine. Despite the conflicts, problems, arguments and drama, I always find myself wanting to go back home because I know that that is the one place that I can truly feel loved. It's the only place where we can strip off our masks and be ourselves. 

Yes, sometimes we have to hide even from our parents literally and figuratively, but they are our parents. They will always know it when something is going on. They will always see right through our masks even though we don't want to. So, if you feel trapped and suffocated, I want you to go home. Keep quiet and seat down. Watch everyone inside your house from your house-help to your grandparents and up to your parents and siblings. You live with them for a reason. Don't forget that at the end of the day, you live out of love.

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So that's it. That's the three "at the end of the day" moments that I would like to share with you. I hope and pray that somehow, you picked something from this brief yet meaningful blog post of mine. To be honest, as I am writing this, I don't exactly know where I am going but I guess this is how it should be. Since, at the end of the day, words will always remain raw and real.