Life In The Fast Lane

Life In The Fast Lane, originally uploaded by setyr.

I've been living the good life the past 10 years, and I'm truly grateful for it. My life is probably comparable to a minute version of Sarah Jessica Parker's role in Sex And The City as Carrie Bradshaw. Glamorous, Independent, Career Woman. Life was good, I admit. But there's a flipside to it - dirty politics, deception, power hunger, materialism. Have met very nice people, as well jerks, and that eventually led me to re-evaluate myself. Is this life in the fast lane, the life that I've dreamed of? Is this the journey that would one day make me say, in my deathbed, that life was damn worth it?!

T & I were cruising the protected area of Yakushima and I took this picture. Interestingly, it had captured my thoughts and I began to accept the fact that life put me where I am now. Everything that surrounds me, my world, in undeniably fast and dangerous. Stress is an occupational hazard. Yet, if I keep a very firm focus on where I wanna go and if I truly know myself, everything will become clear. Arenalin that pumps inside of me keeps the fire - this I can't deny either. By the grace of God, I woke up this morning with a renewed spirit ready to spread my wings anew and fly again. I've been contemplating on closing this blog site for a while now, but I've decided that my journey goes on and I hope that at the end of it all, the people dearest to me will be proud to have shared a chapter of my life story, that I would be proud to tell my tale. I know that I need to change for the better. So today, I take my first step to a new beginning, and a brand new me.