THE YOUTH’S BUFFET OF EMOTIONS

Have you ever heard of a story like the one I am going to tell you?

During one of my gossipy chats with one of the members of my team, she told me a very adorable story about one of her Facebook friends.

She said that,

It was a breathtakingly beautiful afternoon when the sun started to descend, and a gorgeous girl approached a man near there to ask for the time.

After receiving the response from the strange man who had a very attractive and mature-looking appearance, the young lady hesitated for a moment, but she still decided to ask the man out for dinner with her. She could not care less about the man’s surprising and curious expression, since she was devastatingly looking for someone to lend her an ear and share the stories with her – particularly a stranger!

Fortunately, the man agreed and they spent the next hour chatting and enjoying dinner together. They had opened up about so many things about their life, but they never asked any questions about the others such as name, age, jobs, or personal preferences.

When the meal was over, they expressed their farewell and appreciation for one another’s presence before returning back home. But the miracle was that the gloomy, painful glimpses in the girl’s eyes at the beginning seemed to have vanished away completely, thanks to her bravery when she decided to approach the man and invite him out.

Perhaps the girl had finally found the answers to all her entanglement, but it could just be that she felt at ease being herself in front of a complete stranger – a person who had no idea about the true person she was.

If you were the girl in this story, would you dare to do the same thing?

I presume that some people might say “yes”, while some might totally disagree.

But my key takeaway after this story is that “Loneliness is the greatest factor for young adults’ imbalance in life”.

• Are you the person who appears to be very lively and energetic, but at the same time you have to constantly wear so many emotional masks on your face?
• Are you the person who always greets people with the brightest smile, but as soon as you turn your back away, your tears start to fall down unstoppably?
• Are you the person who wants to be viewed as a strong and tough one, but when you are alone on your own, you feel as if you are drowning in the void of endless pain and agony?

Those unstable, insecure emotions are alternating each other uninterruptedly just like how the colourful dishes in a buffet restaurant are constantly brought up and down.

Did you know?

Growing up is never an easy journey for any of us. But although we cannot change our starting point, we are always capable of choosing our ending destination.

There will always be times that you feel that your future is so uncertain and foggy, and that you are unsure about what you really like, what you really need and what you really want to do, even if you are already at the age of 30, 35 or even 40.

There will always be times that you feel so left-out by the others because you assume yourself to be so useless and incapable.

There will always be times that you feel bitter for not having anyone to understand for the loneliness you are stuck within.

There will always be times that you feel obstructed, pessimistic, grumpy and fearful of the world around you.

But I firmly believe that, there will also be times that you have a chance to experience the best feelings of happiness, optimism and hopefulness for a brighter life, am I right?

My dear friend,

Just like you, I am also walking my path on becoming a “new adult”. I feel fortunate for the experiences I have gained myself from working in various industrial fields for more than 14 years. At that time, I was also a youngster myself, and I also shared the same struggles and burdens with you. Hence, I deeply understand and sympathise for the challenges that you currently have to tackle right now.

If you are feeling that you are on the verge of falling into the void of imbalance and disharmony caused by the irrepressible emotional waves despite your efforts of getting out;

If you are feeling that the emotions inside you are gradually eroded, drained out and seared against any happiness in life;

And if you are feeling that your feet have to rock back and forth constantly between so many crossroads of love choices, career choices and life balance,

Then please don’t hesitate to find your own “stranger” to “open up with”, and Truly Inspired is more than happy to become your “stranger” for talks and story sharing.

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Much love,

Truly Inspired.