How much more growing up do we need to do?

Short answer: A WHOLE LOT MORE, I would think.

On 19 November this year, I would have lived 50 years on this earth, and I  can't say that I know stuff. I really don't know most things. I have been purely lucky and blessed to have wonderful parents and opportunities to pursue education, marriage, parenthood and career within a very safe space. 

I have not had to face major discrimination, or famine, or even poverty for that matter- for this I consider myself and my children immensely blessed. What I label as being broke would be a leg up for some people. AT THE SAME TIME, what I consider comfortable might be small change or negligible by some others. There are all sorts of people, and income, and lives. We all handle the cards we are dealt.

Of late there are a number of cases of youth suicides. They took the 'easy' way out, some said. Personally, this topic of suicide is never easy or straightforward, and definitely not the way out in my books. Because there is a lot more life to live, and there are also those whom we leave behind. I am 200% sure that these departed souls have been loved and cherished, may be not in the way they expect or perceive, but they had been a significant in another person's jigsaw.

To close this entry, I bid everyone the best of luck in handling this life journey. May we find many sweet moments, multiple learning experiences that we can keep and share, as well as many good people who will help us move along. May we achieve growth, experience, and may our tears (of joy or sadness) spur us on to greatness. Keep going and may life enrich us always 💖