A Toast for Yesterday

            Yesterday’s failures are today’s lessons. In the long run, the recipients of these are us. It is maybe a mishap or misfortune. Sometimes, it would probably be a destiny or a mere tragedy.  Life is yesterday, today, and tomorrow’s summation. By the same token, it is what we did, what we are doing at this very moment, and what we’ve got to do next in line.

Not different from every God’s creation, I have experienced hardships too. Those were excruciating.  I felt the agony being embittered and cast off by someone whom I thought was a blessing in disguise. Those were the chances when the only one I could turn to is the person in the mirror—me.  Now, who wouldn’t be so glad to know that I passed it all? Yes, I survived. I moved on. It was hard, though. Yet, if I would be a grantee of an opportunity wherein I can scrub out those unwanted parts of my life, still, I wouldn’t say “yes” for that. I’ll refuse, instead.

The world is turning. It is never ending. Whatever life brought us before; we should always have these wide opened arms to embrace it. Unlike with the computer’s keyboard, life has no CTRl+Z or Undo. Cherish every undertaking in the past because life has its own twists and turns.

Admit it, yesterday wasn’t covered with blankets alone. For every life’s bitterness, there is always this sweetness that awaits. Moments, actually happened for a reason. We can be blissful because we are the pilots of our own flights. In fact, everyone is blessed. So why be so stressed? Well, I never regret the times when I held those thorns of roses. My heart bled but is now cured. My heart broke but is now mended. I was once poignant but afterwards I felt relieved. I was enlightened by the thought that the only constant in this big thing called earth is CHANGE. In reality, when someone falls or is dumped into frustrations, he or she would later on be filled with enthusiasm to stand up and would cheer for a new beginning.

Our past is irrevocable. It is part of our growing years. And it is not enough to stay stuck in an elevator or be stranded in an island nowhere. There is always a way. Let us not mind impossibilities, it will just lead us to disappointments or sufferings, we have to do something about it.

I have read this letter from a friend, it says, “Dear Problems, I want you to know that my God is bigger than you. If you crashed my moment yesterday, face me today and be scared!”, ridiculously true. The addressee might be impossible to find but it inspires me to think that I can face everything with the continuous guidance and unconditional love of our Divine Providence—God. So, as cliché as it may seemed, never lose hope! Give a toast for yesterday for it completes you today!