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Twenty five.

That's around eighty percent of my life reading, writing and learning. Crafting words and stringing them together and tearing them apart.

Mountains I've climbed, and towering cliffs that crushed me.

So much life experiences but of what use if it does not make me a better man?

I have traveled but for a while on this long and weary path. At times dusty, at times smooth. At times in a herd, at times with my shadow.

But not for long. Now, I have another beside me. If one day I were to wake up and find all these a dream, a figment of my imagination, I would lose my sanity.

So much to look forward to. Friendship courtship hatred love. A family to build, and lives to inspire. Days to be brightened, and candles to ignite on fire.

The past I will never leave behind. Rather, it serves as a reminder of who I was, what I did and How I became what I am now.

To live each day to the fullest, with no regrets, and revel in the passion of the color of life.

Change

Working in a place that is full of vibrancy and a living kaleidoscope within the arts, it is easy to forget about change within the colleagues one works with.

Every now and then, I jolt awake when someone leaves and new staff joins the family.

But, life is like that. People come and go, and we strive to find balance in life. Sometimes an anchor to weigh us down in the stormy seas, sometimes a star to look up and marvel at.

At the end of the day, it isn't how heavy the anchor is, or how big the star. It is how many storms the anchor has helped us survive through, and how many dark nights the radiance of the star has guided our path.

I wish you all the best in life and will treasure the memories we have, my colleague that I look up to.