[Tết 4] Appreciation post before the New Year

I am slowly realizing the by-product of my failure - I have opened my heart more freely. I enjoy writing, enjoy others reading what I write, enjoy finding new insights into life, enjoy telling others what I have learned.

Unbeknownst to us, disappointments came unexpectedly. Traumas are beautiful when we look back. But traumas are agonizing when we experience them. The greatest lesson I have learned is to find my own consolation. I poured my feelings into words, into conversations, and into love. But it was a long way. Everyone has their own scars. And we do not necessarily move past the pain. We move with it. That we do not feel the pain does not mean the scar is gone. But that means we have grown up from the experience.

Steve Maraboli once said "Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them." Working out the solutions to one's problems can be agonizing. But the outcome can be rewarding. Now, I can sigh with relief and say that I am grateful to have failed.

Another lunar new year has passed. I still moved on.