Another Story of Beginnings and Endings

We each have our own journeys in our lives. Some beginnings and endings are unavoidable or, let’s say that it’s the way of life. Remember starting your first day at preschool to graduating elementary school? Then you will start another level of education again.  

Maybe, I am not alone when I say that I used to be scared when starting new in my life alone. I can still remember when I was accepted to be an apprentice in a manufacturing company a few months after I finished college. It is the first time when I am all by myself. When I started, I always cry at night, and I always woke up feeling down like something is missing. Still, I guess that was me being homesick and new to the environment as well as being with new people I am not familiar with. It makes me smile, looking back on those moments.   

Another Story of Beginnings and Endings  

One of the great things about being away alone is meeting various kinds of people. I am naturally a shy person back then, but I wanted to have the courage to talk to others. I like to know them, and there is the curiosity I had because these people have different vibes around them. You cannot tell if they will be good for you because they have kind faces or not nice just because they do not smile. Yet, in the end, I am glad I became friends with the good ones. Even if it is for a limited time to be with them, the experience is always an experience. It will give you more courage for your next journey, and you will have more confidence in yourself to speak to others. The next time you meet a new colleague, you already learned how to be with them and treat others well.   

How Beginnings and Endings Affect One’s Growth  

Being an adult, there is a career, love life, friends and, so on that are sometimes often come by and go. You can find new people with whom you can create bonds at work and, later on, become friends with them. More often, as well, is that you can meet someone special, fall in love yet, later on, there’s heartbreak at the end. But that is not always the case for everyone because some developed stronger bonds and are meant to be each other’s friends or loved ones. And I honestly think that everyone deserves happiness. I may have experienced a hurtful ending with someone, which I think is a good thing for both of us to go our separate ways.  But, I will always care about this someone's well-being and wish for the best in their lives.

When starting a new career, I guess trying your best is always the answer. When I was suddenly laid off from one of my previous companies, it is very saddening. It took me a few months before it sinks in that I no longer have a job. And it is funny because I realized it when I answered one of the questions about why I left my last job, and I suddenly teared up in front of the interviewee. That experience is so hilarious when I think about it now, and it just happened last year. Maybe that’s why I don’t feel that bad now when my company let go of me because of the pandemic crisis. I just thought of it as another ending of a chapter in my life and why I have to start one again.  

The bad and good things that were happened to us all these years will always have an impact. Whether on how we make our decisions in the future and in making our plans. I think it is normal to learn from our experiences and past mistakes. This time we know better, we plan better, and we act better. We become smarter about the things that we do, and we discover more about ourselves as time passes by.  

Starting Again  

Maybe it is scary to begin something as you get older. But starting new again is exciting too. If you think about learning new things, beginnings and endings greatly give us the courage to do so. Also, getting out of your comfort zone will be a big leap, which means you are maturing as a person. Thus, paving another way aside from the road we used to walk in. We can make it a better path to hope for a better future, which is actually one of the goals after another ending end. 

It is not an option to stay still because once you stumble have to get up and walk again or run instead. I also love what Nido Qubein said 'Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.' I hope that wherever you are right now in your point of life, you are still doing what you can even if you feel it's hard. Right now is just another beginning.