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by Gibran Cruz

The Last Thing I Learned

What is the last thing you learned?

 Because life… is not a movie. Everyone lies. Good guys lose. And love… does not conquer all.

Buddy Ackerman – Swimming with Sharks (1994)

When I was a teenager, around the year that movie came out, I had a notebook filled with movie quotes. That was one of them. Now, after a (recent) series of unfortunate events, I was reminded of it and I’m still learning that :

  • Life (and everything in it) will not always turn out the way I planned it or want it. We shouldn’t fall in love with ideas.
  • People will lie to you for various reasons: either they feel they have to or they want to. I know… but it hurts anyway.
  • Doesn’t matter how good I try to be or the good things I do… It will never be enough. I’m a loser after all.
  • Last but not least… Love is never enough. It’s not always a two way street.

by Gibran Cruz

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

Everyone should know they’re loved. Say it as much as you can. We’re only here for a little while…

by Gibran Cruz

Start Somewhere New…

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

I’ve always been scared of big changes. But if there was a guarantee… I would move to another country. I would pick up all the pieces I call life and start somewhere new where no one knows me.

What makes it so difficult? Is it that I tried before and failed? Or is it the thought of leaving behind the only life I knew?

What about you? What would you do?