The beauty of chaos and suffering is not in the moment, but in the wisdom it imparts on you. How will you ever appreciate a good day, had you not experienced a bad one. True freedom is the ability to live in the moment, in the present and savour every feeling and experience as the serotonin kicks into your brain. The other day on a Sunday, even in the middle of the Australian winter, the weather was bliss. It was a standard Sunday, I went out for breakfast with some friends, and hit the beach.

For some crazy reason, that day, the drive, the good company, the cold water, just felt euphoric. After a rocky start to the year I didn’t get to enjoy my summer much, I spent it working day and night. To ride passenger with a close friend, free of academic stress, free of financial stress, just enjoying the day for what it is, the breeze was heavenly. I was on cloud 9. What dawned on me during the day was, how much I used to take days like this for granted in the past. It was always just another Sunday, just another family BBQ, just another drive. But with the hustle and bustle of everyday corporate life and the lightning speed this year is moving in, it was like the free time and clear conscience was a long awaited exhale for me.

The world is a beautiful place, sometimes I sit on the train ride home from work and just observe my environment. You’ve got school kids talking about their exam woes, an islander school kid plays his guitar and sings to his friends in the corner. A cute baby lets out an innocent belly laugh playing with his mother, an old couple sits in front of me debating their gardening tactics. I’m usually reading or staring out the window and its like time just stops as I look around and it is a beautiful sight how everyone is in their own bubble, on their own path. It truly makes me regret the times I was down on my luck or feeling sorry for myself, how much love I deprived my heart of. My heart feels full when I see these human experiences unfolding in front of my eyes.

There truly is a lot to live for, wisdom is just healed pain. It is essential, naivety is essential, mistakes are crucial. I am who I am today because of who Houssam was yesterday. We all trip up in life, we hurt people and we hurt ourselves. But we are human and that is the human experience, learn from it, forgive yourself and move forward. Life goes on my friends; you deserve to live your best life. Whatever you’re going through, you’ll forget it soon enough. And even if it stays as a memory, remove the emotion from it and you have a lesson to pass on.

Summer is coming up, it’s around the corner and the year is flying, pave the way now and lets have a blast.

All the Best

H