Life is a taxi...

"Life is a taxi, the meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still."


Let's make a little back track. I happen to have a little "ritual" before I start working. For somebody like me who's been on a graveyard shift for four years now (and still counting), I badly need some pinch of motivation to perk up my sleepy nerves so the whole eight hours won't be so excruciating. Since 2006, I am subscribed to Kerygma to get a daily dose of inspiring emails that will remind me of my Christian duties and responsibilities. This actually helps me a lot to avoid being irate when I was still taking in calls. Now that I'm just monitoring calls, the Bible verses helped me achieve the integrity I need in my job and also consider the impact of my judgements to the lives of our frontliners.

Suddenly, or perhaps due to the first-day-of-the-week lethargy, my emo-gination took me back to one of my grade school days wherein we design our blackboard with an inspiring Biblical quote which aims to set a God-centered day for all the students. So I thought: "Why don't I try that?"

So instead of literally designing a board (or perhaps the blank wall beside me!) I would search first for a good site containing inspiring quotes that will mirror my current personal life (love life, career, etc., just about anything that's giving me the depressing creeps) so I would rather dwell on improving myself than being dragged by mood swings. I would use the quote as my IM status message so it will also ring some bells to my contacts (and yes, it did!)

Then, I saw that line (please see above.. bweheheheh) from Lou Erickson (who's reputation I have to find out later) and it just hit something in me; "something" because I don't know yet exactly if it's my ego or may be I'm in denial that I still have procrastination running through my veins. Perhaps stubbornness? Could it be I'm just being me? Hmmm...


People close to me (especially those who have been witnessing my life's chapters since 1997) have labeled me as stubborn just because there are so many "pending" things about me. I was not able to finish my studies for some reasons I can only tell a handful... but that's not equally saying that I won't go back to school anymore. I am a single mom because of some obvious legal reason ... but that doesn't mean I don't believe in marriage anymore. I guess to make a long story short, most stereotypical people find me 'stranded'; but in my personal opinion, I just opted to follow or dance to the beat of my own drum. Does that make me stubborn?

For sure there are some souls who are sharing the same sentiments that I have. The aforementioned line or quote is just a reminder to me that my "meeeeeter" would go on ticking but that doesn't mean delays are equal to under-achievements. I just hope that some people would stop and think first before judging people whom they perceive as "losers" using their own pathetic measures. Eventhough we are living in the same planet doesn't mean we need to lead the same kind of life. Is it not plain and simple enough that we came from different mothers because we have unique genes and capacities?

Go, my meter, and don't stop ticking. The miles I will cover will show the whole world that I was NEVER stranded. It only takes a non-judgmental eye to see and wonder the roads I have crossed.

Let me just end this with another quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you plan to stop peddling."