Au Revoir, Monsieur Soleil!

As summer is nearly over and reality almost back in session, looking back on the 2 (almost 3) months of vacation, it may not have been the most favorable or how I expected it to be, but whatever I went through was definitely worth it. Given this entirely new opportunity of mostly dancing, I got to expound on what I already know and develop a deeper understand on lessons that could really help me in so many ways.

Seeing as the sudden turn on events brought me on a detour, I got to learn more about myself and accept things in a different light. It may have brought me to my weakest, lowest point - Getting sick, stressed and seeing everything as an enemy, but all these made me stronger and better. I realized things about myself that I never expected myself of like the fact that I'm quite sickly and can't push myself too much. I thought these things were just nothing that I just ignored them and went through with what I'm supposed to do but sadly, my body couldn't handle it any longer.

One of my mottos in life is "no pain, no gain" which did sum up me in the first few weeks of summer but a part of me quite disagreed. Because of too much pain, too much pushing, I lost even more. I lost that strength in me and ended up sleeping in the hospital, luckily, only for 2 nights. This saying may be true to an extent but believe me don't ever do things that our bodies are not capably used to. Okay, It's good for self-motivation and it does help build determination but if it's one thing I learned, it's that "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak". Listening to your whole self is critical in knowing what's best. Things may go well at first but when you know it's time to stop. Tell yourself to stop because all things you obtain in life, you don't get in a snap of a finger; It's built upon. It's earned. Self-esteem, confidence, strength, - We're not robots to do anything perfectly, We're all human and these things don't exactly come as you please. It really is a climb and will continue to be but things get better if you take it one step at a time and be careful in the path that you choose.

I'm just saying all these based on what I've experienced. How I perceived the reality of my summer. On the flipside, Summer did have fun to it. I went on a few short road trips, bonded more with family and met so many amazing people. Parts of it were definitely "YOLO" or "Carpe Diem" moments because despite the downfalls, the experience of things that I'm not really used to is surely worth remembering and I tell you, if an opportunity stikes, GO FOR IT! take risks and challenge yourself because you don't know when it'll happen again or if you'll ever be able to experience the same. Remember though to always put thought before jumping and make sure you're ready in case you'll reget anything. It might be funny, the bipolarity of my post but this is honestly how my summer went.

I didn't go abroad nor went on an extreme adventure. I didn't even go to the beach but my busy schedule made me contented with what I experienced. There may have been ups and downs, highs and lows but whether I felt like the happiest person on earth or the shittiest *excuse my language*  knowing that I did something productive made this summer a summer worth remembering and obviously thanks to the people who I spent each and every moment with and not to forget, the bright, hot sun because without mr.sun, summer wouldn't have been in session.