COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Someone might be rich. Someone might be beautiful. Someone might be skinner. Someone might be popular. Someone, might just be better than you, and the way you see it, they are all luckier than you. But frankly speaking, have you thought of things you have and felt lucky before? I've never. Really.

I used to think,

• Why am i not skinny? Why dont i have high metabolism?
• Why am i not pretty? Why do i have ugly dark circles and insightful pimples from time to time?
• Why am i not born in a rich family? Why do i need to scrimp and save just to go shopping, just to go and eat? why cant i be rich girl?
• Why am i not born smart with a high IQ? Why do i have to study day and night just to achieve the results that I EXPECT myself to get? 
• Why am i not popular? 
• Why...
• Why.....
• Why.......
• Most importantly, WHY AM I NOT HER?

But really, now that i always reflect upon myself from time to time, im really really blessed.

• I'm not skinny, but nobody is critising me, other than myself, for my appearance. And im healthy. A good BMI. 

 

• I'm not pretty, dont have a flawless face. But COMEON, im a teenager. what can you expect of me? dark circles was kinda inherited and worsen as i burnt the midnight oil to rush for assignments and studies. And im a girl, undergoing puberty. and every girl faces the problem of pimples and scars. Im really blessed that i only get outbreaks occasionally and they normally heal quick, provided i dont itchy hands and go touch them.

• Im not rich. But im not poor too. Friends wanna shop, sure. Friends wanna eat, sure. I dont live in big bungalows or condos, but i have a roof over my head. I dont have a car, but my dad drives me to the shuttle bus bus stop everyday. Im not rich, but i still have clothes to wear, food to eat, bags to carry, phones to use, ipod to listen to. what can i expect more?

• Not smart? No high IQ? at least i get to go to school. At least i have a loving family, who doesnt expect me to score damn good for my studies, just expect me to get a cert so that i can get a simple job in the future and is paying my fees for school. I expect too much from myself. But it's not because i want to be good. its because i care too much about how people view me. In this way, ill never feel SMART ENOUGH.

• Not popular? i can deal with it. im not a High I person. I dont keep alot of friends. I talk to people, i interact with people. But if you were to ask me, there really is only those few that i keep close to my heart. I dont need many friends, if all they do is to leave me for someone they feel 'knows them better' or 'hang out with them more', and forget about me entirely. And besides, i dont need to be popular, i only need to be a neutral person. Not popular, its fine. As long as im not hated by many, im pretty blessed for having friends around me. I mean, im a weirdo, THANK GOODNESS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO CAN APPRECIATE MY ULTRA-SUPER-UBER-UNDESCRIBABLE-ENDLESS-WEIRDNESS. I LOVE ALL OF YOU (: 

Im not her. and no one can ever be a perfect replica of another. Count your blessings, you are fortunate as who you are. Life is unfair, but there must be something life have given you that is good.  Health, Love, Care. What more can i ask for? (:

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