Let me share my birthday with you guys.
I was to be honest depressed, due to the tragic breakup I had about 2 months ago. I had never faced blackness darker than the past few days...my birthday was so meaningless. I always say this: "why should I celebrate my birthday when I have given nothing to the world and have accomplished nothing?"
I decided that today, February 8, would be the day in which nothing matters. And nothing mattered today. I skipped school. Did no work. Abandoned all responsibilities for the day. The only thing I didn't skip is my usual work-out and of course showering. I even skipped meals, order, structure...everything. It felt like nonexistence...and it felt good.
I didn't talk to anyone, really, not in real life anyway, except with my mom who called from Las Vegas, being on her vacation with dad.
I took the day out of the calender, out of time...and made it mine. Time moved at my pace...the only thing I couldn't do is make it stop. I wanted everything to stop, for a second, just a second...and I envisioned the peace that would follow from such a moment, when everything had stoodstill...and that was the greatest gift I have gotten so far, in my life: to envision a world without time, even if only for a fleeting moment.
And as if that was not enough, my ex's best friend talked to me. Told me what my ex has become: a typical rodent. Now even some of you guys know how much I hate anything typical and ordinary, as my eye is always at the extraordinary and unusual. When I heard that shallowness had sunk to new depths, it made my day a little better, to be honest...as I lost all respect for the ex, who had fallen from my eyes upon hearing the information.
Other than that, it has been a day to remember. The simplicity of it is awe-inspiring, and so is the peace I have felt throughout. I prayed a lot to myself in the past few weeks, hoping to find just one moment of peace...and just on my birthday, of all days, peace dawned on me like never before.
I'm so thankful for everything today.
And I am so happy.