when life gives you tangerines
On earth we’re promised.
There are movies where the villains are imminent. Good versus evil, the backstabbers, the Evil Queen or even the wicked stepmothers. Spreading hate and envy only for the protagonist to win. I’ve seen those movies since childhood and really – I believed them – but those lines are becoming a blur.
How did we become adults? I can’t fix myself forever.
There’s a recent series under the very same name that’s really good from Netflix, but finishing it (although it’s still ongoing per today) gives me more answers than I normally wonder. Or maybe no total answer, just a beautiful reflection on how life’s both fair and unfair for everyone. Some has it easy, others don’t.
I struggle with sadness and anger. Yet I’m caught in the delicate balance between reason and the urge to.. just be angry. One time I really disliked a teacher and the other day I made a mistake that made someone disliked me. The world is filled with too much dislikes and prejudice.
Is that wrong? No, but it’s really something I’d like to think about. My nature craves structure, clarity, and control. I am not someone who rushes blindly toward the unknown; I need plans, backup plans, and a safety net stretched taut beneath me. But what are we chasing if life was so brief?
What left is there? Just anger without love? Just resentment without closures? Why do we cry in this brief little world as circumstances happen and different problems come and go?
Adulting is a really complicated journey where there really isn’t a right and wrong. There are hardly any promises the same kindhearted youths we meet today are going to be amazing parents and grandparents. Mistakes will be made. But life goes on anyway.
Just as the world heals itself as it’s hurting, I hope you find your own way of healing too.
Some of our stories are a little sad. But they can be happy. Some of our stories are happy. But most time it’s also sad. I just really hope when life gives you tangerines, you’ll learn to savor the sweetness while keeping the bitterness to the shores.
If you wanted to change the storyline, then I really hope Heaven hears your prayers enough and would love to see you win in the end.
