IA#8: Mind and Body

Inner State of Mind

I treasure these set of photos so much. I’ve always longed to capture the perfect photo that would exactly convey my thoughts, my feelings and my true desires in life through an image. An image that I can keep and look back on and remember what life made me feel like in that beautiful moment. I long for a life full of goodness, rightness, faith, love, positivity, sea and sun. I’ve only ever wanted a life that gives meaning and beauty in the things that are important and that follow the footsteps of Jesus. Life is not about what possessions I have but of what internal gains I have acquired throughout my twenty years. I’ve always treasured my travels to different kinds of places because I know it awakens my soul and reminds me the kind of person I am meant to be. I love feeling comfortable with who I am despite how opposite I am right now. Being at the sea and exploring different islands makes me feel the rawness of sea, the world and humanity. And it feels amazing. I love going back to these photos because it calms my soul and cleanses my mind and regenerates my heart to live life fuller and better.

Humans as Flawed

I am human. I make mistakes. I am flawed. I am not perfect. Nowhere near it either. It takes so much time to learn how to right my wrongs. It takes so much time to learn and understand another person. It takes time to love another because it takes strength, it takes faith, it takes hope, it takes positivity, it takes understanding. Loving another person is difficult. Be it a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a boyfriend, a girlfriend, a best friend or even a pet. It takes real faith and true understanding to realize that nothing is perfect and nothing will ever be and that to love something is to let it be without my own conformities and rules. I make my own mistakes and the person i’m loving makes his/her fair share of mistakes and it is only human to be that way.

Man as Overcoming His Limits

There are two types of people in the world. Thrill seeking and some lay in their comfort zones to keep themselves safe and immovable by the world. That’s me! The latter. It kind of changed after my dad and best friend opened me to biking. I didn’t know it was a dangerous sport until I actually tried it out. I’ve biked the Filinvest Trails in Alabang a few times and it still scares me. I’ve fallen down a lot of times and I even hit my knee pretty hard in one fall. But I continued to bike despite how shaken and afraid I was after that fall. I realized that it wasn’t so bad and that biking is a lot like life. It beats you up but it makes you better, braver. In a way, it’s like thesis too. Before I started with it, I was afraid and so nervous. 4 months later, I pass my final thesis paper and I get a grade I did not expect. I told myself, “Hey, I actually did it.” And I did… I didn’t think I could get through in these things i’ve encountered but I did. I was amazed by myself despite the negative thinking and despite the discouragement I have brought on myself. I didn’t think I would get but I am in the place I thought I would never be. Life’s pretty cool.