UNTITLED
I don’t really have a specific topic to share right now. I just want to let go of everything that’s been weighing on my mind. For the past two months, I’ve felt like I’ve been living an empty life, days passing without meaning, time slipping through my fingers. I wasted so much of it, not because I wanted to, but because one bad event turned everything upside down. It shattered my motivation and made me too afraid to open up to anyone. I lost my drive, not just for the things of this world, but even for the hereafter. It felt like I was drifting further away from everything that once mattered to me.
Then, on April 5th, 2025, I met a stranger. He wasn’t perfect — in fact, he was the first to admit that. He kept calling himself a bad man, sometimes even a criminal. But despite his words, he turned out to be a good listener. Someone who didn’t judge, didn’t interrupt, and just allowed me to speak. He asked me a simple question: “Why?” That was all it took for me to start pouring out the thwoughts and emotions I had buried for so long. For the first time in a while, I felt heard.
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Nobody else knew what I was going through, but somehow, he understood. He carried a quiet empathy, a calm presence that didn’t try to fix me. In his own way, he reminded me to return to God. One sentence from him still echoes in my mind: “Don’t ruin your life just because someone else failed.” It was a powerful reminder at just the right moment.
But even within the boundaries of friendship, he gave me something invaluable — support, honesty, and perspective.
So this writing is simply to say thank you. Thank you for every piece of advice, for every moment you chose to listen, for being there when I felt most alone. You may see yourself as someone broken, but to me, you’ve been a light in a dark time. And for that, I’ll always be grateful.
Don’t lose yourself while trying to mend others, your wounds deserve healing too.
